Advocacies
Neoliberal Charter change: foreign control of PH economy
Setyembre 2, 2019
Decades of economic liberalization has weakened domestic agriculture and Filipino industry, as is happening with the rice sector today. Yet Congress is still proposing to remove the last remaining protections for the economy in the 1987 Constitution.#MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomics
The truth about TRAIN
Hulyo 10, 2019
#MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomic #PeoplesSONA2019
Advocating a sustainable mass transport system
Hunyo 1, 2019
4Ps: Myopic, artificial approach to poverty
Mayo 30, 2019
Inflation slows but prices still higher than before
Mayo 7, 2019
Inflation slowed in April 2019 but rice, fish, sugar, and many vegetables are still more expensive than last year
Less work available in PH
Marso 9, 2019
TRAIN Package 1A: From the poor to the rich
Nobyembre 30, 2018
Government’s continued implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) means that TRAIN’s taxes will keep raising prices next year and make inflation higher than it should be. Read: TRAIN still inflationary with lifting of fuel excise tax suspension
Jobs crisis getting worse under Duterte gov’t – IBON
Setyembre 10, 2018
Research group IBON said that the jobs crisis in the country is getting more severe under the Duterte administration. The group said that the government should be more forthright and admit growing economic insecurity from inflation and joblessness rather than keep trying to downplay this. Millions of Filipinos are jobless, including those excluded from official […]
Infographic: PH Economy Duterteriorating
Setyembre 10, 2018
(From IBON Features “PH Economy Duterterioraing”–https://www.ibon.org/2018/08/ph-economy-duterteriorating/) Stay the course, the country’s economic managers always insist. They will be the last to admit bad economic news because eternal sunshine is part of their job. Their recent spontaneous reactions against federalism are however more revealing. They are losing control of the economy as it is and they […]