Tag: marcos jr administration
IBON blasts Ombudsman for 3-year inaction on red-tagging complaint
Pebrero 10, 2023
The Ombudsman has become an enabler of red-tagging in failing to take any meaningful action on the administrative complaint IBON filed against government officials three years ago.
Worsening inflation makes admin ayuda cuts even more unconscionable – IBON
Pebrero 7, 2023
With inflation continuing to rise to 8.7% in January 2023 to its highest in over 14 years, it is unconscionable for the Marcos Jr administration to keep slashing cash assistance to struggling Filipinos in urgent need of relief.
IBON: PDP 2023-2028 non-solution to PH economic crisis
Enero 30, 2023
The Marcos Jr administration’s Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 boldly promises “economic and social transformation for a prosperous, inclusive and resilient society” yet falls short as a comprehensive development plan.
IBON Research Head on PDP 2023-2028 headwinds
Enero 30, 2023
Filipinos didn’t feel growth because of ayuda cuts and stingy wage hikes – IBON
Enero 27, 2023
Millions of ordinary Filipinos did not benefit from supposedly rapid 2022 growth because the government tightened the purse strings on urgent cash assistance and only gave a negligible wage hike last year.
Rapid 2022 growth just a flash in the pan, poverty even increased — IBON
Enero 27, 2023
Relatively rapid growth in 2022 is only a rebound after the protracted pandemic lockdowns and there will be a steep slowdown this year.
On changing the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution: More foreign investment does not mean more development
Enero 26, 2023
As the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments considers proposed amendments, IBON raises five major points on why economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution should be retained.
Bongbong will be tested on the economy in 2023
Enero 21, 2023
The binding constraint to steadier progress and development is the outdated faith in market forces. The blindness to the state’s responsibility to intervene will mean worse times in 2023. It will also reopen lockdown wounds that were hidden by last year’s rebound but haven’t really healed yet.
