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Real Duterte Legacy: Agri crisis belies admin claims of econ success

January 23, 2020

IBON update on CHR, barangay officials’ inspection of premises

November 10, 2019

PH economy headed towards 3rd year of slow growth — IBON

November 8, 2019

IBON warns of possible PNP harassment

November 7, 2019

Agri sector slumps due to continuous government neglect

October 16, 2019

IBON launches alternative to failed govt econ agenda

October 10, 2019

Duterte admin banning aid to hide human rights violations

September 24, 2019

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

August 13, 2019

Features

The BPO (business process outsourcing) industry was booming in the early 2000s where it helped revive the Philippine economy. In terms of revenues, BPOs registered a revenue growth rate of 43% in the period of 2005-2009 (annual average). The government has relied on the BPO industry for economic growth but even that is slowing down […]

Wake me up before you POGO

January 9, 2020

The optimism of the economic managers that “the Philippine economy is strong and ready to soar” is misplaced.

Economic missteps in 2019, hope for 2020

January 4, 2020

The mass transport crisis is real. Millions of commuters in the National Capital Region (NCR) suffer inconvenient and inefficient travel every day. Average commuting time was around 37 minutes in 1980 and 51 minutes in 1996, according to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A survey by commuter group Komyut reported this rising to as […]

Solving the NCR mass transport crisis

October 28, 2019

One of President Duterte’s many promises at the start of his term was to resolve Metro Manila’s transport and traffic problems. But three years later, these remain just as bad if not worse than ever. The various programs and schemes that the government has come up with have done little to fix the transport and […]

Transport and traffic woes: govt’s epic fail

September 30, 2019

The Duterte government argues that the protections for the economy in the 1987 Constitution are outdated, and that removing them will increase foreign direct investment (FDI) and improve competitiveness. This is however oblivious to the reality of growing protectionism worldwide amid slowing growth, trade and investment. Adverse global economic conditions undermine the arguments for economic […]

Global crisis even less reason for charter change

September 28, 2019

Last of a two-part series Here is the social science The climate change we are experiencing is not natural. It is overwhelmingly anthropogenic – according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it is extremely likely (with more than 95% probability) to be the result of human activity. Climate change today is not the […]

Part 2: Why the climate strike is a social justice issue (and why it should strike at the core of growing fascism)

September 23, 2019

Bird Feed

Xandra Liza C. Bisenio

Song for new beginnings

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Todo Kapasidad Na Kalamidad

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November Ends

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AWIT!

Casey Salamanca
Casey Salamanca

Can’t afford to die

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Update on the PH rice industry

Chronically low budget for agriculture agrarian reform, Lowest since the Ramos administration

The 2020 Budget: Infrastructure, Populist Measures, and War

Protect the environment