Tag: ayuda
The Family Living Wage (as of July 2021)
Agosto 13, 2021
How much does a family need to live decently? With ayuda still slow in coming and too little at that, millions of Filipino families aren’t going to be able to meet their basic needs.
IBON Executive Director on Q2 2021 economic growth and urgent need for ayuda
Agosto 10, 2021
[QUOTE] The 11.8% growth figures come at the worst possible time. The economic managers will use this to justify their narrow-minded opposition to a real fiscal stimulus. Yet putting more money in the hands of millions of poor and vulnerable Filipinos is extremely effective to fix the economic damage from the ill-conceived over-reliance on lockdowns to contain the pandemic.
June labor force survey confirms economy not recovering despite reopening
Agosto 3, 2021
The latest labor force survey (LFS) shows how far away the economy is from recovering without real fiscal stimulus. Job generation is hollow with a bloating informal sector and huge contraction in full-time work. These will worsen with the looming ECQ which will push millions of Filipinos into deeper economic distress.
IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and ayuda funds
Hulyo 31, 2021
IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and ayuda funds
IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa on ayuda and lockdowns
Hulyo 31, 2021
IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa on ayuda and lockdowns
Helping so few, spending too little
Hulyo 22, 2021
Special session on ayuda urgent as jobs crisis worsens
Hulyo 8, 2021
As Filipinos’ suffering increases, government ayuda decreases
Hunyo 17, 2021
Millions of poor and low-income Filipino households are bearing the brunt of the health and economic crisis and are in desperate need of ayuda. Things are much worse for them now than before the pandemic and the grossly inadequate government response. This includes the refusal to give the ayuda that so many so urgently need.
