IBON corrects Rep. Quimbo – PH really is among the most open to foreign ownership in region

Pebrero 29, 2024

Charter change proponents will keep trying to find justifications for Congress to start tinkering with the 1987 Constitution. However, the facts clearly show that claiming that the Philippines has among the most restrictive foreign ownership regulations in the world cannot be one of them.

IBON stresses to solons: An across-the-board minimum wage hike is urgent, just, doable

Pebrero 28, 2024

In a House deliberation on wage hike proposals, research group IBON executive director Sonny Africa stressed that there is no reason not to give any of the wage hikes currently proposed by different legislation.

Charter change undermines the spirit of EDSA 1

Pebrero 24, 2024

Every charter can always be improved but it is vital to defend the nationalist, democratic and activist spirit of EDSA 1 in the 1987 Constitution. Cha-cha driven by elite self-interest will make the people even worse off than they already are.

The excuses they give: Kung ayaw ng wage hike, maraming dahilan

Pebrero 20, 2024

COMMENTARY

Opponents of a minimum wage hike say it will be “catastrophic” – cause inflation, lead to layoffs, and bankrupt firms. They say it will only help a few and only for a little while. None of these arguments holds water.

Widespread informality, growing poverty belie gov’t claims of robust jobs market – IBON

Pebrero 7, 2024

The prevalent lack of decent work and the increasing number of Filipinos falling into poverty dispels the Marcos Jr administration’s hype of a “robust” labor market.

The spectacular errors of economic cha-cha proponents

Pebrero 4, 2024

COMMENTARY

It has become Cha-cha etiquette to always sugarcoat political changes with promises of a bright economic future once the charter’s economic provisions are fixed.

Economy returning to pre-pandemic slowing growth hits poor the worst – IBON

Enero 31, 2024

Most recent GDP figures puts the economy on the same trajectory of slowing growth that plagued it prior to the pandemic.

Gov’t red-tagging undermines freedom of opinion, IBON tells UN special rapporteur Irene Khan

Enero 25, 2024

The effectiveness of IBON’s information and education work is critically dependent on the credibility of its research and analysis. The government’s red-tagging of IBON is attempting to undermine this credibility not just among the general public but among the specific governmental, civil society, school and private sector circles that we work in.

Econ Cha-cha will not develop PH nor solve livelihood crisis — IBON

Enero 18, 2024

Cha-cha will only bring more of the same foreign investment liberalization that has stranded the country’s development for decades and left millions of Filipinos struggling amid a jobs crisis.