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NAIA privatization: Bigger corruption at play
Oktubre 30, 2025
Ang highlights how much was “remitted” to the government—masking the fact that the public is being squeezed to fund both government collection and private profit.
IBON launches new book on scaling agroecology
Oktubre 18, 2025
Research group IBON launched its newest publication, “Barriers and Pathways: Scaling Agroecology to Address Climate Change – The Philippine Case,” at the National Agroecology Workshop held Saturday at the University of the Philippines Diliman. The research findings discussed in the book were presented by IBON Research Head Rosario Guzman, who underscored that agroecology offers a transformative path […]
IBON: Flood control budget realignment confirms Marcos Jr’s selective anti-corruption drive
Setyembre 24, 2025
NEWS
The continued neglect of key agencies and the mere tokenistic involvement of the public in the budget process strongly suggests a superficial anti-corruption campaign by the Marcos Jr administration.
Slowest inflation, but prices higher than during peak inflation under Marcos
Agosto 19, 2025
NEWS ANALYSIS
The less-than-1% inflation indicates slower price hikes but does not mean that prices in general went down.
Gov’t claims of quality job expansion misleading amid worsening informality and rise in part-timers – IBON
Agosto 6, 2025
Fewer underemployed people is not an indication that the jobs situation is improving.
Honest SONA, bigger solutions needed to address nation’s problems – IBON
Hulyo 25, 2025
The country needs bigger solutions, not the administration’s usual checklist of so-called accomplishments and overblown promises at this year’s SONA.
Healthy labor market? Over 2M increase in poorly paid Filipinos says otherwise – IBON
Hulyo 8, 2025
May 2025 labor force figures do not show decent jobs being created, but a deepening jobs crisis marked by rising informality, falling job quality, and stagnant wages.
High time to end privatization behind high fees – SUKI
Hulyo 3, 2025
For years, privatization through government’s profit-driven PPPs have burdened the public with high user fees.
Php50 NCR wage hike token giveaway, not enough for Filipinos’ basic needs
Hulyo 1, 2025
NEWS
The Marcos Jr administration on its 3rd year is using token wage hikes as a giveaway to boost its image, not to give much-needed relief to struggling Filipino workers.
