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Railroading 2022 national budget without ayuda confirms Duterte govt’s apathy

October 2, 2021

Business-as-usual 2022 budget unresponsive to pandemic – IBON

August 26, 2021

2022 budget stalls recovery, worsens inequality

August 23, 2021

June labor force survey confirms economy not recovering despite reopening

August 3, 2021

IBON Praymer: Ang pagwawakas sa rehimeng Duterte

July 17, 2021

Ayuda still needed even with shift to GCQ

May 15, 2021

Greater Manila ECQ/MECQ shallow without aggressive COVID response – IBON

May 5, 2021

Ayuda urgent: Jobs crisis still worse than before pandemic — IBON

April 30, 2021

Features

We will likely hear claims of strong economic performance, early recovery, and returning to a path of rapid and inclusive growth. But labor force and poverty figures for 2021 already show how any claims like that will just be bluster or, worse, blind to the daily experience of millions of Filipinos.

Scar-crossed Labors

January 17, 2022

For the economic managers, managing the economy is really about making big business prosper most of all. It’s unfortunately not about doing everything to improve people’s lives or alleviate their distress.

Yearender: Unrepentant economics in 2021

December 31, 2021

The Philippines is one of two remaining countries in the world that have not reopened schools and conducted in-person classes. This is quite telling not only of the Duterte government’s poor pandemic response but also of the pre-existing problems of the Philippine education system. This is aggravated by the administration’s budget mispriorities, where it allocates more for infrastructure projects than education.

The neglect of PH education: Where do we go from here?

October 5, 2021

The government has announced the easing of community quarantines. But new cases are still rising and there are no signs of government taking additional measures to fix the health system during the last two weeks of stricter lockdowns. If the health system is as weak as ever, what’s our way out of the pandemic?

Duterte administration’s shift to MECQ meaningless without urgent COVID-19 steps

August 20, 2021

There is a raging debate about whether or not the WTO should temporarily waive some intellectual property rights of Covid-19 pharmaceuticals. Developed countries oppose the proposal, but recently the US has announced its limited support, while the EU continues to wrangle over its necessity. For proponents, the waiver would speed up and scale up vaccine production and contribute to a faster vaccination process in poorer countries.

The TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 pharmaceuticals and the Big Pharma

June 2, 2021

The Philippines is not expected to be ahead of the vaccine race being a poor, non-industrial and import-dependent country. But despite our underdevelopment, we still deserve better and more efficient government handling of our predicament.

Mass vaccination PH: Throwing away our shots (Part Two)

April 15, 2021

Bird Feed

Sonny Africa

Debt benefits

Sonny Africa

BBB: Farce multiplier

Xandra Liza C. Bisenio

A peace challenge

EJ Honorica

Climate action is alive and well in peoples’ struggles

Xandra Liza C. Bisenio

Initializing urban farming

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No more COVID-19 ayuda, stingy increases in social assistance

Jobs crisis rages, ayuda diminishes

The Family Living Wage (as of July 2021)

PhilHealth’s slow COVID claims processing