Falling employment, rising underemployment confirm worsening joblessness

Hunyo 9, 2026

NEWS

The overall labor force picture is of an economy that is still not creating enough work.

Not Just Trees

Hunyo 9, 2026

FEATURES

Local oligarchs in partnership with foreign companies gain gargantuan profits from plundering the environment, with government protection.

Where does the fire come from?

Hunyo 5, 2026

FEATURES

An urban poor community may be razed to the ground. But the urban poor’s long history of relentless struggle almost always ignites a flame that carries on until people’s development is realized.

Policing Truth, Hiding the Crisis

Hunyo 5, 2026

FEATURES

The real threat confronting Filipinos today is not simply the spread of disinformation and fake news, but how the state is working so hard to conceal the deepening economic crisis.

HB 9465 will stop economic truths from being told

Hunyo 4, 2026

STATEMENT

At a time when Filipinos face persistent economic difficulties, the space for independent research should be expanded, not quelled.

US demand for higher PH military spending threatens dev’t priorities

Hunyo 3, 2026

NEWS

Every peso used for military expenditures is a peso less for the country’s urgent development needs.

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.