IBON statement on the New Bataan 5 massacre

Marso 1, 2022

We decry the government’s so-called anti-terrorism campaign which is being used to put down struggles to assert rights, social justice and development.

Attacks on green producers violate right to till and undermine food security

Pebrero 4, 2022

Government inaction in the face of the attacks against farmers is consistent with its decades-long neglect of Filipino farmers and the Philippine agriculture sector.

IBON: Reject RCEP

Enero 31, 2022

It’s long overdue to let go of the reckless abandonment of agriculture and the Philippine economy to market forces that the Philippines is ill-prepared to take advantage of. IBON calls on our senators to reject Philippine membership in RCEP.

Duterte government’s green smokescreen

Nobyembre 7, 2021

STATEMENT

At the COP 26, the Duterte administration pledges to cut local carbon emissions and transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient society according to its Sustainable Finance Roadmap and its Guiding Principles. Yet its mining and energy policies go in the opposite direction and ruin the environment.

Neil Doloricon, 63

Hulyo 16, 2021

We are immensely grateful for how he enriched IBON with how he saw and interpreted the world.

EDSA spirit lives on: Braving authoritarian pandemic restrictions, the people faced the crisis together

Pebrero 25, 2021

STATEMENT

Our relentless assertion of rights is the country’s brightest hope amid the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis, calamities, and worsening authoritarianism.

Expansionary fiscal stance more urgent than ever

Enero 28, 2021

The economy is not just hindered by quarantine restrictions. It is also stifled by the unprecedented loss of informal sector livelihoods and enterprise closures which has contracted household incomes, wiped out savings, and collapsed aggregate demand. These have to be directly addressed.

Economic cha-cha is no vaccine for recovery or development

Enero 13, 2021

The economy’s development lies in using the protections in the Constitution to gain from foreign investment, not in taking away the protections and giving self-interested foreign investment free rein over the domestic economy.

Duterte gov’t fails to meet its human rights obligations amid the pandemic

Disyembre 10, 2020

STATEMENT

The country’s poorest and most marginalized are being left behind by the COVID-19 response of the Duterte administration. On the other hand, wealthy creditors are protected and large corporations including foreign investors are getting their profits boosted.