Energy advocates press for nationalized power system as ASEAN energy investors gather

Oktubre 6, 2026

Despite decades of privatization, Filipinos continue to face high electricity rates and energy insecurity, while private energy corporations expand their control over the sector.

Deregulation exposes Filipinos to oil shocks; gov’t must reclaim control—IBON

Setyembre 25, 2026

The government should be able to control local oil prices and should not have to pass the burden of rising global prices on to consumers.

Marcos opts for easy power relief over real electricity reform—IBON

Setyembre 17, 2026

Genuinely bringing down electricity costs requires deeper structural reforms.

More youth seeking work, but jobs fall short—IBON

Setyembre 9, 2026

More youth are seeking work but are unable to find jobs.

Sharp rise in unemployment, surge in part-time and informal work signal worsening jobs crisis—IBON

Setyembre 9, 2026

More people being counted as employed does not mean that Filipino families are becoming more economically secure.

High prices expose crisis of low incomes – IBON

Setyembre 6, 2026

Price increases translate immediately into hunger, deprivation and debt when wages are too low, jobs are insecure and families have little protection against economic shocks.

Official poverty figures discount millions of poor Filipinos—IBON

Agosto 22, 2026

Poverty reduction should not mean merely keeping people barely above a statistical line.

Filipinos can’t keep up with prices as wages lag and government help falls short

Agosto 15, 2026

ANALYSIS

Filipinos continue to struggle with the high cost of living as prices keep rising faster than what their incomes can keep up with.

Rising hardship exposes deep cracks in PH policies ahead of SONA

Hulyo 24, 2026

[NEWS]

As the 5th SONA fast approaches, the worsening economic crisis burdening ordinary Filipinos will deepen as the Marcos Jr administration clings to a failed market-driven framework that favors big business and the wealthy few.