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April 22, 2019

Monopoly Capitalism Is the Cause of Mass Migration and the White-Victim and White-Supremacy Complex

March 17, 2019

In his 74-page manifesto, the Australian mass murderer Brendan Tarrant raves about the “great replacement” of white people by non-white peoples and blames the liberals for advocating mass migration, white displacement and cultural diversity in the same perverted way that the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Brevik blames “cultural Marxism”. […]

‘Whining’ Duterte under fire yet again over misogynist statement

March 14, 2019

Sr. Mary John Mananzan (Photo by J.Ellao / Bulatlat.com) “President Duterte is whining like a crybaby for being supposedly deprived of his freedom of speech when he does not even care at all over the [...]

IBON: Duterte govt’s accusations baseless, aim to hide truth about economy

March 14, 2019

The Duterte government’s accusations against IBON are baseless and aim to stifle economic analysis that is inconsistent with its preferred narrative of growth and development. For over forty years, IBON has sought to explain socioeconomic [...]

Int’l lawyers’ groups hold colloquium on role of lawyers in PH

March 14, 2019

With the increasing number of attacks against lawyers, judges and prosecutors in the Philippines, various lawyers’ organizations have come together for a “Colloquium on the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers: Focus on the Philippines.” […]

Chico River Pump Irrigation Project loan agreement, a sell-out of ancestral land and Philippine sovereignty

March 7, 2019

The CRPIP is an outright violation of our right to Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), right to our ancestral lands including the Chico River, and right to self determination. […]

IBON Facts & Figures: “Alternative to Power Privatization” [Excerpt]

April 18, 2019

Amid power interruptions because of combined forced power outages due to maintainance and various power plants’ system problems, we share the introduction of the December 2014 IBON Facts & Figures issue titled “Alternative to Power […]

Who is really for Filipino farmers and PH agriculture?

April 18, 2019

The Rice Tariffication Law supposedly ensures food security by liberalizing rice imports and making farming globally competitive. However, Filipino farmers see it as a threat to their livelihood. Some vouch for it, while others side […]

Don’t insist on low poverty threshold, address jobs crisis, gov’t told

April 17, 2019

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) recently attributed reduced poverty in the first semester of 2018 to the rising quality of jobs under the Duterte administration. But research group IBON said that dismal jobs […]

Family living wage for a family of five members in NCR

April 13, 2019

“The choice of official poverty lines is a political one. Setting a high standard indicates the government having a high level of ambition for poverty eradication. Government, however has chosen to set a low standard […]