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Economics for the Filipino people #PeopleEconomics

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Every peso used for military expenditures is a peso less for the country’s urgent development needs.

#usph80 #budgetph #peopleeconomics

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"Getting the UNSC seat won't just be the latest sign that rules don't matter — it will also confirm PH as an extension of US hegemonic interests."

#usph80
#budgetph
#peopleeconomics

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DENR has reportedly suspended tree-cutting for SALEX? How about the recovery of not less than 2,500 trees and mangroves cut or cleared by government-enabled SMC for its various infrastructure projects?

#ProtectTheEnvironment #UpholdPeoplesRights

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Millions of Filipinos are just a few more price increases away from poverty.

Read full IBON statement: https://t.co/c8JTnUIsqJ

#LahatNgSangkotManagot #UpholdRightsAndWelfare #FinanceDevelopment

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[🧵] Rising debt translates to larger payments, draining public funds that could have been used for urgent relief and much needed social services.

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[🧵] PBBM has pushed the outstanding debt to a record Php18.5 trillion.

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By design, the system aims to transform learners into a specialized workforce capable of "riding the AI wave" or securing a spot in global value chains.

#BuildFilipino #UpholdPeoplesRightsAndWelfare

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The government is for ensuring people's rights and welfare, and equitable wealth distribution, foremost.

But the Marcos Jr administration is doing the opposite, aside from just allowing impunity among its ranks.

#TaxTheRich #FinanceDevelopment #PeopleEconomics

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As the political drama unfolds, bigtime foreign plunder of the country's resources continues under Marcos.

We're dazzled with talk about billions of dollars in semiconductor and AI investments and exports. But is the Pax Silica hype the same as industrialization?

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Politicians consumed by self-preservation will only ever just look after themselves.

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Widespread informality exposes the chronic jobs crisis in the Philippines. Seven of ten employed Filipinos are in poor-quality, insecure, and low-paying work.

#SahodTrabahoKarapatan #BuildFilipino

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The Marcos Jr administration cannot champion prosperity for ASEAN while it is dragging the economy into stagflation.

#ASEAN2026 #PeopleEconomics

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Regions with the highest poverty incidence have the fewest health workers.

#NationalHealthWorkersDay #UpholdPeoplesRights

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The latest GDP figures confirm the all-fronted economic deterioration that millions of Filipinos already feel every day.

#PHGDP #PeopleEconomics

READ: https://t.co/Lyt5WZbxxO

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The latest GDP figures confirm the all-fronted economic deterioration that millions of Filipinos already feel every day.

Read IBON's news analysis: https://t.co/Lyt5WZbxxO

#PHGDP #PeopleEconomics

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The government cannot claim that it is addressing problems “directly and decisively” when families are forced to pay more for food, transport, electricity, and other essentials as their livelihoods become even more insecure.

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The burden of adjusting to the oil price shocks has been shifted onto over 21 million poor and vulnerable Filipino families.

Read: https://t.co/P0ZCaQ7382

#BuwisTanggalin #BuildFilipino #TaxTheBillionaires

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Without immediate relief, 2-3 million more Filipino families will fall into poverty because of the unmitigated oil shocks.

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Rapid inflation, little help for millions of poor and vulnerable

PH headline inflation tripled in just two months, from 2.4% in February 2026 to 7.2% in April. But inflation for the bottom 30% more than tripled---from 2.5% in February to 8.5% in April.

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Assistance has also been minimal, ranging from just Php2,300 to Php5,000 per beneficiary. Cutting oil excise and VAT taxes, controlling oil firm overpricing, and declaring a price freeze on basic commodities is the fastest way to give relief to the most number of Filipinos.