Tag: low wages

Poverty wages fail to keep up with PH inflation that’s highest in Southeast Asia

Nobyembre 5, 2026

The Philippines now has the highest inflation rate in Southeast Asia, underscoring how the Marcos’ administration’s ineffective response—not just the global oil price shock—is driving the crisis.

High prices expose crisis of low incomes – IBON

Setyembre 6, 2026

Price increases translate immediately into hunger, deprivation and debt when wages are too low, jobs are insecure and families have little protection against economic shocks.

Worsening employment and insufficient wages

Hunyo 26, 2026

Read more: Falling employment, rising underemployment confirm worsening joblessness