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Scrap provincial bus ban, find pro-people solution to traffic–IBON

August 13, 2019

WPN: Water crisis confirms failure of water privatization

March 16, 2019

TRAIN suspension, govt transparency and regulation needed to ease OPH burden

February 28, 2019

High prices, flat real wages remain despite lower inflation – IBON

February 5, 2019

Under Duterte, econ slowing and job creation the lowest since after Marcos–IBON

January 16, 2019

Real regulation and agri dev’t needed to solve rice woes — IBON

January 7, 2019

Despite rollbacks, TRAIN makes fuel more expensive–IBON

December 4, 2018

Be bold enough to implement a meaningful wage hike, gov’t told

November 7, 2018

Features

By the Samahan at Ugnayan ng mga Konsyumer para sa Ikauunlad ng Bayan (SUKI) The ongoing water shortage is just the latest among water problems that consumers have been struggling with for decades. Despite privatization and its promises, poor consumers across the metropolis still suffer expensive water, erratic connections, and inadequate services. The government and […]

Beyond water interruptions: Expensive water and connection woes burden consumers

March 21, 2019

by Sonny Africa IBON Features – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recently concluded state visit was hyped as historic and relationship-altering in a good way towards “comprehensive, strategic cooperation”. The joint statement released at the end spoke of a couple with a healthy relationship: reminiscing the past, establishing trust, open communication, arguing in a healthy way […]

Philippines in a Happy and Healthy Relationship with China?

November 28, 2018

by Jolo Lim IBON Features – Typhoon Yolanda was a disaster of epic proportions. It became an even bigger tragedy because of government neglect and corporate opportunism. Five years after the super-typhoon, a new adversary is rising for typhoon survivors that are yet to fully recover. The Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program has been […]

After five years: Build, Build, Build a new adversary of Yolanda survivors

November 8, 2018

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