Tag: Philippine economy
Honest SONA, bigger solutions needed to address nation’s problems – IBON
Hulyo 25, 2025
The country needs bigger solutions, not the administration’s usual checklist of so-called accomplishments and overblown promises at this year’s SONA.
Impeachment supports economic development
Hulyo 16, 2025
The impeachment trial of VP Sara and holding her accountable for any misuse of confidential funds, bribery and corruption, and threatening violence against other public officials is a pivotal moment with huge implications for economic development.
Trump tariffs: Smaller isn’t always better
Hulyo 16, 2025
The Philippines need not passively submit to US-centric trade norms or the demands of the Trump administration.
On Trump tariff hikes: PH subservience is not strategy
Hulyo 10, 2025
Subservience isn’t strategy—sovereignty is. A government that charts an independent economic path for the Philippines is long overdue.
IBON Research Head on DBCC cut of 2025-2028 growth forecasts
Hunyo 27, 2025
On US bombing of Iran
Hunyo 22, 2025
The US serves its hegemonic ambitions and military-industrial corporate profits at the expense of people’s rights, national sovereignty, and global peace.
Impunity and underdevelopment under Marcos Jr
Hunyo 14, 2025
When populists take power, the people become fodder for self-serving ambition, and our goals for development and human rights are, at best, afterthoughts. At worst, they’re trampled on for being inconvenient obstacles to personal wealth and power. The spectacle of political theater and intentional delay of the vice-president’s impeachment trial in the Senate confirms institutional […]
