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Economics for the Filipino people | beacons.ai/ibonfoundation
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Inflation stayed low in October, but this hasn't eased Filipino's troubles with low real value of wages and expensive prices of food.

Hi-res available on ibon.org.

#PeopleEconomics #SahodItaas #PresyoIbaba
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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The Php197 billion that may have been lost annually to corruption in flood control projects could have allowed the NFA to buy more palay from farmers, making a huge influence in the market.

#StopKorap
#KurakotManagot
#PeopleEconomics
September 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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The Marcos Jr. administration is complicit in the unprecedented expansion of this footprint which is turning the country into a staging ground for US forces in its escalating rivalry with China.

#StriveForSovereignty #PeopleEconomics
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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The US military bases in the country were shut down in 1991 after a strong people's movement forced a Senate vote against renewal. Yet while the massive permanent bases are gone the US military presence didn't end and its access, influence and control persists.

#PeopleEconomics
September 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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SELECTIVE, SELF-SERVING SUMBONG SA PANGULO?

The Marcos Jr administration's seeming crackdown on corruption is not real if it is selective.

#StopKorap
#PeopleEconomics
September 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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It takes a mass movement to eliminate corruption, and public outrage is a good place to start.

#StopKorap #PeopleEconomics

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September 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Ramon Ang's SMC, through its NAIA consortium, is set to bloat its profits this September by jacking up NAIA terminal fees.

#NoToPrivatization #PeopleEconomics
August 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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"The bigger problem is that the president's budget actually sidelines people and long-term development, with or without pork."

#FinanceDevelopment #PeopleEconomics
August 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Urgent care and health stations in barangays remain insufficient to serve the country's population.

#PeopleEconomics
August 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Most PhilHealth case rate packages remained at the 2017 rates. Increases should have been implemented in 2019 when UHC was enacted.

#PeopleEconomics
August 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Only 2 out of 17 regions in the PH have met the WHO recommended ratio of 10 doctors per 10,000 population.

Hi-res: ibon.org/one-doctor-per-bayan

#PeopleEconomics
August 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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The Philippines is failing to meet the national target for child immunization, which is set at 95% coverage for the child population. As of 2024, the national average was only 64.9%, with 10 out of 17 regions falling below this average.

Hi-res: ibon.org/faster-child-immunization

#PeopleEconomics
August 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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In the NCR, the minimum wage of Php695 is only a little over half of the Php1,228 FLW for a family of five.

Hi-res: ibon.org/flw-ncr-2507

#SahodItaas #PeopleEconomics
August 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Across all regions, the average nominal minimum wage is just Php481 or 39% of the estimated Php1,218 average family living wage. The minimum wage is not enough to meet a family of five’s basic needs.

Hi-res: ibon.org/flw-regl-2507/

#SahodItaas #PeopleEconomics
August 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Since taking office, the Marcos Jr administration's outstanding debt has ballooned by 35%. The average monthly increase in outstanding debt under Marcos surpasses that of previous administrations.

Hi-res: ibon.org/marcos-borrowing-ao-2506/

#PeopleEconomics
August 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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The national government outstanding debt under Marcos Jr is now over Php17 trillion, or more than Php630,000 per family.

Hi-res: ibon.org/ng-debt-ao-2506/

#PeopleEconomics
August 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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The Marcos Jr administration is responsible for the worst performing agriculture sector in the country's history.

#SONA2025 #MarcosMidterm #PeopleEconomics
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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"BBM is basically claiming his 3-day visit produced enough US investments for the next 18 years."

#MarcosMidterm #PeopleEconomics
July 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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"Things might even be worse, and the public deserves to know all the economic, military and other commitments the government made."

#PeopleEconomics #MarcosMidterm
July 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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"The Philippines is being economically bullied and our officials are responding with supplication. Subservience isn’t strategy – sovereignty is."

#IBONBirdtalk #TrumpTariffs #PeopleEconomics #MarcosMidterm #StriveForSovereigntyAndIndependence
July 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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"Millions of Filipinos have 'jobs' that don't pay enough or don't pay at all. That isn't employment but poverty in disguise."

#SahodItaas #IBONBirdtalk #PeopleEconomics
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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In the NCR, the Php645 minimum wage is only 53% of the Php1,220 FLW that a family of five needs to live decently.

Hi-res: ibon.org/flw-ncr-2506

#IBONBirdtalk #SahodItaas #PeopleEconomics #MarcosMidterm
July 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Across all regions, the average nominal minimum wage is just Php475 or 39% of the estimated Php1,217 average family living wage.

Hi-res: ibon.org/flw-regl-2506

#IBONBirdtalk #SahodItaas #PeopleEconomics #MarcosMidterm
July 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Filipinos' wages remain low and can't keep up with high prices – especially of food.

Hi-res: ibon.org/prices-wages-ncr-2506

#IBONBirdtalk #SahodItaasPresyoIbaba #MarcosMidterm #PeopleEconomics
July 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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"The government's continued weaponization of the ATL and other laws threatens not just activists and NGOs but everyone's right to question, to organize, and to struggle for something better."

On the fifth year of the Anti-Terrorism Law (ATL)

#JunkTerrorLaw
July 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM