Historic legislated wage hike can be first step to family living wage nationwide

Hunyo 5, 2025

NEWS

The 19th Congress passing a legislated minimum wage hike between Php100 and 200 are important first steps towards a family living wage nationwide.

IBON hits limited BBM Na! program

Mayo 23, 2025

The BBM Na! program smacks of insincerity. It rations rice to poor households, scrimps on funding, and leaves out millions who also struggle to afford food.  This is far from the sweeping effort needed to make Php20 rice a reality and is just a public relations gimmick dressed up as policy.

Bolder solutions needed for faster economic growth – IBON

Mayo 14, 2025

The Marcos administration’s top priority post elections of hitting its 6.0% economic growth target for 2025 by achieving 6.2% growth rate for the remaining quarters of the year is absurd

Falling employment, higher underemployment signs of unsolved PH jobs crisis-IBON

Mayo 8, 2025

The rise in underemployment reflects the unresolved jobs crisis where existing jobs pay poorly.

Groups serve ‘disconnection notice’ to Villar’s Prime Water, urge zero votes for Camille Villar

Mayo 6, 2025

NEWS

The groups vowed to continue opposing government’s pro-oligarchs stance and advocate for alternative measures that promote people’s control over people’s resources.

What’s not being said about PH employment

Abril 11, 2025

The actual situation of millions of Filipinos, not official statistics, are the main determinant of how bad the jobs situation is.

Worsening informality behind rise in employment – IBON

Abril 8, 2025

Worsening jobs informality and lack of gainful work is driving the rise in employment and big decline in underemployment as indicated in the latest official data.

Hunger increases under Marcos from low family incomes, high prices

Marso 31, 2025

The number of Filipinos experiencing involuntary hunger has more than doubled since the start of the Marcos Jr administration.

Duterte’s arrest and detention is just the beginning

Marso 12, 2025

STATEMENT

Duterte did not act in the best interests of the nation – he was a tyrannical demagogue reveling in his power.