marcos jr administration

6 consecutive weeks of oil price hikes burden Filipinos

Agosto 15, 2023

Government can make oil products cheaper for Filipinos and moderate the snowball effect on the price of other goods and services by removing fuel taxes.

Three straight quarters slowdown confirms economic decline

Agosto 11, 2023

Growth slowing for three straight quarters confirms economic decline under the Marcos Jr administration. The economic rebound and momentarily fast growth from reopening, which was measured from the worst economic contraction in the country’s history, is over. The economy has returned to its trajectory of slowing growth that started even before the excessive pandemic lock […]

Latest growth figures confirm economy in decline under Marcos Jr

Agosto 10, 2023

The economic managers have lost their last indicator for claiming good economic performance and the economy is clearly losing momentum.

Gov’t can mitigate oil price hikes by scrapping fuel taxes

Agosto 8, 2023

The Marcos Jr administration can moderate the impact of oil price hikes on millions of Filipinos by scrapping excise and value-added taxes for petroleum products.

5 marks of a crumbling democracy

Hulyo 20, 2023

The Marcoses personify the worst aspects of Philippine politics. And Marcos Jr is levelling up these anti-democratic features in the 21st century.

It Takes Lives to Build a Paradise

Hulyo 14, 2023

The farmer families in Paradise III, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan are under threat from competing landlord and oligarchic interests. But they face these daunting challenges with their humble but resolute struggle to assert their right to land and livelihoods.

Ang Budol ng Taon

Hulyo 13, 2023

Isang taon na mula noong umupo si Ferdinand Marcos Jr bilang Pangulo ng Pilipinas matapos ang isang makasaysayan at kontrobersyal na halalan noong Mayo 2022. Kunwa’y magpakumbaba nitong inulat ang kaniyang unang taon bialng “work in progress.” Binatbat ang unang taon ni Marcos Jr ng sandamakmak na suliraning pang-ekonomiya at panlipunan. Mas sumahol ang kalagayan […]

Falling real wages, more expensive food, as of June 2023

Hulyo 7, 2023

Prices keep rising in general but Filipinos’ purchasing power has net kept up. Raising wages and providing subsidies are doable – why have these not been ensured?

NCR and regional nominal wages vs family living wage, as of June 2023

Hulyo 7, 2023

The NCR and regional nominal wages fall short of the regional family living wage estimates. The BARMM still has the widest gap between the regional minimum wage (Php341) and the regional family living wage (Php1949).