Tag: marcos jr administration
Dropping corporate taxes, rising individual and consumption taxes
Marso 7, 2026
The country’s tax burden is shifting from corporations to households. Poor and middle-class women and their families are hit harder as they pay VAT and excise taxes on basic household expenses like fuel, electricity, food and transport. That’s because consumption taxes like VAT and excise taxes are regressive, taking a bigger share of their already […]
EDSA@40: Reclaimed democracy or elite continuity?
Marso 2, 2026
EDSA restored elections and civil liberties, but it did not uproot the economic and institutional forces that concentrate power.
Probe the Pork King and Queen
Marso 2, 2026
Two of the highest officials of the land face serious allegations for abuse of power and misuse of public funds. These issues compelled the impeachment raps currently being deliberated in Congress.
Agriculture, the crisis the government won’t talk about
Pebrero 27, 2026
FEATURES
Philippine agriculture is suffering, but government planners barely talk about this now.
IBON Executive Director on EDSA@40
Pebrero 25, 2026
The dynasty dictatorship built
Pebrero 24, 2026
The Marcos dictatorship was overthrown by armed struggle and a civil uprising. But the dynasty it built remains today—a family notorious for the most corrupt governance and human rights violations in Philippine history.
EDSA is Every Day, One Battle After Another
Pebrero 24, 2026
COMMENTARY
Forty years is a long time—long enough to reshape memory. Yet there is no doubting the enduring relevance of EDSA.
IBON Executive Director on Marcos brand then and now
Pebrero 24, 2026
