IBON Foundation

IBON Foundation is a non-stock non-profit development organization. We have been serving the Filipino people through research and education since 1978. IBON seeks to promote an understanding of socioeconomics that serves the interests and aspirations of the Filipino people. We study the most urgent social, economic and political issues confronting Philippine society and the world.

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Hindi makatarungan ang mga kondisyon kapalit ng serbisyong komunikasyon – IBON Foundation

Simula noong ipatupad ang SIM Registration Act o RA 11934 noong huling bahagi ng Disyembre 2022, kaliwa’t kanan na ang pagkabahala ng mga tao kung papaano nga ba makakapagparehistro ng kani-kanilang SIM card. Sa kabila ito ng mga pagbabanta na mawawalan ng

May 15, 2023

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Jobs created mostly poor and quality work

The overwhelming number of “jobs created” are merely self-employment and informal work, and domestic work — accounting for 4.3 million or 71.3% of net employment creation#MalalangEkonomiya#MayMagagawa#UpholdRightsAndWelfare#PeopleEconomics Source link

May 15, 2023

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More jobs but part-time work swelled

3.3 million of the net employment increase of 6 million since January 2020 is part-time work of less than 40 hours a week, while only 2.5 million of the increased employment was full-time work of 40 hours and over per week. Source

May 14, 2023

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Economic slowdown stresses urgency of boosting household purchasing power with wage hikes, ayuda– IBON – IBON Foundation

The 6.4% slowdown in growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2023 underscores the urgency of boosting domestic demand and the economy’s supply response to spur inclusive growth, IBON said. The continuing deceleration in household spending

May 14, 2023

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Regalo – IBON Foundation

Magagarang mga bulaklak, walang kasingtamis na mga cake, at ang pinaka-popular, ang boquet ng perang papel. Ilan lamang yan sa mga karaniwang natatanggap ng ating mga ina tuwing Mothers’ Day bukod sa matatamis na pagbati at yakap ng kaniyang mga anak, asawa

May 14, 2023

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US military spending largest in the world – IBON Foundation

US military spending is larger than of the next ten countries combined — China, Russia, India, Saudia Arabia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, South Korea, Japan, and Ukraine. The military spending of just these 11 countries in turn is more than

May 10, 2023

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Faces of Informality – IBON Foundation

Informal workers are Filipinos trying to make a living any way they can. The informal economy is a varied set of odd activities, enterprises, and jobs. Workers here do not receive the mandated salaries and benefits that those in the

May 10, 2023

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NCR family living wage as of April 2023

Despite declining in April, the 6.6% headline inflation continues to eat away the unchanged minimum wage. Short-term solutions like removing consumption taxes and mandating wage hikes are urgently needed. Source link

May 9, 2023

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Minimum wage vs family living wage per region as of April 2023

The decline in headline inflation for April did little to close the gap between the minimum wage and the family living wage, especially across regions. Source link

May 9, 2023

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It’s all about US – IBON Foundation

The United States (US) got everything it wanted from Pres. Bongbong Marcos’s 4-day official visit, and made sure the Philippines didn’t ask for anything that the US doesn’t want to give. Marcos Jr got the American validation he wanted to

May 9, 2023