Substantial economic relief will help millions amid worsening crisis

Mayo 21, 2026

Millions of Filipinos are just a few more price increases away from poverty.

How can Marcos lead ASEAN prosperity while PH lags behind? – IBON

Mayo 8, 2026

Slowing growth, soaring prices, and worsening joblessness expose the Marcos administration’s failed economic management and diminish its credibility to lead ASEAN especially at this time of crisis

BBM completes stagflationary hat trick: Soaring prices, worsening jobs, slowing growth

Mayo 7, 2026

ANALYSIS

The government cannot claim that it is addressing problems “directly and decisively” when families are forced to pay more for essentials as their livelihoods become even more insecure.

Headline figures mask crisis of informal, volatile labor—IBON

Mayo 6, 2026

The data underscore an economy without stable foundations. Agriculture and manufacturing are critical for broad-based and sustainable growth but continue to fluctuate and deteriorate, while services mainly absorb displaced workers in insecure and low-quality employment.

Inflation burden heavier on millions amid lack of gov’t action

Mayo 5, 2026

The burden of adjusting to the oil price shocks has been shifted onto over 21 million poor and vulnerable Filipino families. The government’s refusal to cut oil taxes and regulate prices reflects a policy failure that leaves the majority to fend for themselves amid a deepening crisis.

Who needs saving?

Mayo 2, 2026

There are details you won’t find in reports and statistics—you only see them when you visit the community, so touch grass, be with the people.

Researcher, pero nasa bundok?

Abril 29, 2026

Immersing in the community and experiencing their daily condition is a valid research methodology called ethnography. It is an in-depth study of a community to form a deeper analysis of their daily life, patterns, and relationships to bigger contexts. Even other methods, such as participant observation, process documentation, life story, fact-finding mission, and the like, require a modicum of community integration.

Bakit kasi kayo nandyan?

Abril 29, 2026

Maliit na bahagi lang ito ng Negros. Marami pang pwedeng pag-aralan at isulat tungkol sa isla. Kaya huwag ka nang magtataka kung bakit may mga researchers, journalists, at advocates na pumupunta sa mga liblib na lugar sa rehiyon.

Balikatan drills add to coastal hardship amid oil crisis

Abril 28, 2026

The government continues to expand military cooperation under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, pursuing deeper defense alignment with the US and foreign troop presence while failing to deliver urgent economic relief. This is reinforced by initiatives such as Pax Silica, positioned as an “economic security zone” to support US-linked supply chains. Together, these reflect a broader push to integrate the Philippines into US strategic and economic interests in the Indo-Pacific.