Bleak jobs situation bursts Marcos admin’s UMIC bubble – IBON🔒 SSL Verified

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• ↓ Higher prices for rice, LPG, electricity squeeze Filipino families
• ↓ EPIRA has delivered profits for a few, not affordable power to Filipinos
• ↓ Transport, consumer and rights groups call for people-centered mass transport ahead of SONA
• ↓ Wage hike urgent as Filipino families struggle with high prices
• ↓ Wrong diagnosis and policies won’t fix PH stagflation
• ↓ WPN hits private firms’ impunity, backs growing calls to terminate PrimeWater deals
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"UMIC status is irrelevant when considering that millions of Filipinos are struggling to make a living or find decent employment."

"The UMIC overhype shows how the government’s presentation of the economy gives disproportionate emphasis to a favorable statistical reclassification while giving comparatively little attention to the country’s persistent structural weaknesses."

"The World Bank’s UMIC label should not be mistaken for proof that the country has achieved genuine development."

"Mabigatan kaya si Rizal sa mga terminong ginagamit ko? Sasabihin kaya niya na masyado akong mateorya, puro slogan at jargon, at aktibistang parang polyeto magsalita? O susubukan niyang unawain ang mga sinabi ko para higit pang mapopularisa at maihatid sa mas malawak na masa?"

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Higher prices for rice, LPG, electricity squeeze Filipino families

EPIRA has delivered profits for a few, not affordable power to Filipinos

Transport, consumer and rights groups call for people-centered mass transport ahead of SONA

Wage hike urgent as Filipino families struggle with high prices

Wrong diagnosis and policies won’t fix PH stagflation

WPN hits private firms’ impunity, backs growing calls to terminate PrimeWater deals