Tag: Philippine economy
Million increase in underemployed: Economy still not creating enough decent work
Mayo 6, 2022
NEWS
Government should not be complacent following the reported increase in employment, considering the spike in underemployment and in part-time work. Many Filipinos are still struggling to make ends meet and the economy is still weak despite reopening.
Inflation makes NCR family living wage rise to Php1,087
Mayo 5, 2022
The NCR minimum wage is falling even further behind the FLW and a meaningful increase is more urgent than ever for genuinely inclusive recovery.
A vegan’s musings on Earth Day
Abril 22, 2022
There exists a complexity to achieving sustainability and harmony with nature. I shall remain vegan, but the next time I say Itadakimasu, I shall put the farmers, peasants and workers right at the heart of my gratitude.
8 of 10 new jobs are just part-time: PH struggles to create quality work as economy reopens
Abril 7, 2022
Latest labor force data show that the economy, despite reopening, is struggling to generate sufficient work. Additional jobs created are also mostly temporary, insecure and informal.
Economic development felt by ordinary Filipinos?
Abril 6, 2022
10 things about the economy that the Duterte administration should admit
Abril 4, 2022
At its economic briefing, the Duterte government will likely hype growth, claim successful COVID response and play up so-called reforms. All this seeks to distract from how social and economic development has been set back by the administration even before the pandemic.
Wage increase needed to avert only real wage decline in 36 years
Abril 1, 2022
If the Duterte administration does not give a large wage hike, it will finish its term with the only decline in real wages among all post-Marcos administrations over the past 36 years.
