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6 consecutive weeks of oil price hikes burden Filipinos
Agosto 15, 2023
Government can make oil products cheaper for Filipinos and moderate the snowball effect on the price of other goods and services by removing fuel taxes.
Three straight quarters slowdown confirms economic decline
Agosto 11, 2023
Growth slowing for three straight quarters confirms economic decline under the Marcos Jr administration. The economic rebound and momentarily fast growth from reopening, which was measured from the worst economic contraction in the country’s history, is over. The economy has returned to its trajectory of slowing growth that started even before the excessive pandemic lock […]
Latest growth figures confirm economy in decline under Marcos Jr
Agosto 10, 2023
The economic managers have lost their last indicator for claiming good economic performance and the economy is clearly losing momentum.
Most jobs being created in the lowest paying sectors – IBON
Agosto 9, 2023
The economy is still struggling to create decent work, pay and earnings
Gov’t can mitigate oil price hikes by scrapping fuel taxes
Agosto 8, 2023
The Marcos Jr administration can moderate the impact of oil price hikes on millions of Filipinos by scrapping excise and value-added taxes for petroleum products.
Inflation slowed but higher prices burden consumers further
Agosto 7, 2023
The cost of basic goods such as rice, vegetables, fish and oil continues to rise and burden millions of poor consumers
Over 1M rise in part-time workers belies admin’s ‘favorable’ labor market claims—IBON
Hulyo 8, 2023
NEWS
Despite months of government playing up so-called reforms to ensure high-quality job generation, more and more Filipinos are struggling to earn whatever they can just to get by.
PH inflation highest in region; purchasing power not keeping up—IBON
Hulyo 6, 2023
NEWS
The Philippines has the highest inflation in Southeast Asia and Filipinos’ purchasing power is not keeping up.
Marcos Jr’s first year passes without a wage hike, while NCR hike in July still paltry — IBON
Hulyo 3, 2023
The Marcos Jr administration cannot tout the NCR wage hike as an additional accomplishment to report on its first year. The new NCR wage is still so much lower than demanded by workers, than the FLW for a more decent standard of living, and even less than the increase in worker productivity, and the plight of millions more low-income self-employed and other informal sector workers and unemployed Filipinos remains unaddressed.