Features
Various Rice Industry Multistakeholders Reject NFA Privatization
Setyembre 17, 2010
Bantay Bigas | Press Release | The gathering was attended by more than 130 participants composed of rice millers, small rice traders and retailers, farmers, consumers, farmers’ cooperatives, irrigators associations, farmers, and… | Reference: Lita Mariano, Spokesperson | Mobile: 09302016879 A rare gathering of rice industry stakeholders was held at the Century Conference hall of […]
Para Kay Alex *
Setyembre 8, 2010
Tribute to former IBON staff Alexander Martin Remollino, 33 | “Alex, you have to tone down for the kids,” his editor would admonish him. “Ma’am gusto kong tumula,” he would say. Pinasulat kita ng magasing pambata pasimplehin mo lang ‘kako nang malaman nila ang ating rebolusyon, gawin mong dahan-dahan hakbang-hakbang, baytang-baytang nang matutunan nilang marating […]
Dark Legacies: The Economy Under Arroyo
Hunyo 11, 2010
Ibon Features | By Sonny Africa | The disturbing divergence between the fortunes of a few and the welfare of the many is the most troubling legacy that the Arroyo presidency leaves behind– and among the greatest challenges that the incoming [wpdm_package id=3823 template=”link-template-widget”] IBON Features– The Arroyo administration will be remembered for lost ground […]
IBON Offers Condolences on the Passing of Joan Hinton
Hunyo 9, 2010
“I did not want to spend my life figuring out how to kill people,” she had said in 2002. “I wanted to figure out how to let people have a better life, not a worse life.” – Joan Hinton IBON Foundation pays tribute to the achievements, revolutionary spirit and humility of Joan Hinton who passed […]
Grassroots remain marginalized in policymaking with absence of Freedom of Information Law
Hunyo 9, 2010
IBON FEATURES | Upholding the people’s right to information is both urgent and necessary especially under a worsening climate of impunity, human rights violations and massive corruption. Marginalized sectors who have been continuously denied of their right to participate in policymaking are the biggest sufferers in the failure of Congress to pass the freedom of […]
The ills of privatized elections
Hunyo 1, 2010
IBON Features | ‘Election privatization’ is a phenomenon that is feared even in the most advanced countries as undermining an important democratic exercise such as the national elections Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new gov’t: is there hope for our backward economy?; First […]
RP under new gov’t: is there hope for our backward economy?
Mayo 29, 2010
IBON Features | Will the incoming administration take the bold steps needed to ensure land distribution and enhance agricultural production? Will the president-apparent promote measures in favor of building and strengthening local industries Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new gov’t: is there hope […]
First 100 days: beyond anti-corruption, real steps to reform
Mayo 28, 2010
COMMENTARY | By Sonny Africa | Beyond an anti-corruption drive or ‘successful’ elections and a peaceful transition from the Arroyo administration, the real test of democracy in the country depends on identifying the real problems and the… Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new […]
From a weak republic: challenges for the next administration
Mayo 13, 2010
IBON Features | By Sonny Africa | The challenges that the looming Aquino administration faces are gigantic but could be addressed if it has the readiness to act Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new gov’t: is there hope for our backward economy?; First […]
