News
Why all COPs are bad
Nobyembre 25, 2025
STATEMENT
Capitalist countries continue to dodge their responsibility for the climate crisis.
PH economic growth is corruption-driven and exclusionary
Nobyembre 8, 2025
Economic growth in the third quarter of 2025 is the slowest in 14 years, exposing the corruption-driven and exclusionary nature of the Philippine economy.
Job-destroying growth debunks stable labor market claims
Nobyembre 6, 2025
Recent job losses show how unstable the Philippine labor market remains, reflecting the weakness of the overall economy.
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.