From Okinawa to Jeju, the Philippines to Guam, peoples across the Asia Pacific rise against US military bases! We resist displacement, violence and war, and fight for sovereignty and peace. Join the #PeaceCaravan! Resist US-led wars, down with US imperialism!

Sen. Camille Villar stays chair of Cte on Envi and Sen. Mark Villar of Cte on Govt Corps & Public Enterprises? Real estate development tightly linked to envi regulations, water privatization to local water districts (govt corporations) as public utilities. Grow, money, grow.

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It takes a mass movement to eliminate corruption, and public outrage is a good place to start. #StopKorap #PeopleEconomics https://t.co/FLhqWGT4BH

Ramon Ang's SMC, through its NAIA consortium, is set to bloat its profits this September by jacking up NAIA terminal fees. #NoToPrivatization #PeopleEconomics

WALANG 'NORMAL' SA 'NEW NORMAL'! Taralets with Rosb at Ka Paeng, ituwid natin ang mga konseptong sinalanta ng administrasyong Marcos Jr. SPOTIFY: https://t.co/dmGtpKJUas YOUTUBE: https://t.co/LNhKgAdwSd #KwentongMayKwenta #PeopleEconomics #KMK

Filipinos will remain vulnerable and trapped in a cycle of economic insecurity. Piecemeal measures cannot substitute for comprehensive solutions. https://t.co/tGDt3PFk9f

Successive administrations have fixated on attracting foreign investments or maximizing profits for local and foreign big business instead of developing domestic agriculture and Filipino industry.

These problems arise from the country’s chronically weak economic foundations due to government neglect, which has left the agriculture and manufacturing sectors at their lowest shares of the economy in over seven decades.

The lack of decent employment, low wages, and persistent poverty make perennially rising prices a permanent burden on millions of Filipinos.

Put another way, prices today still include the impact of record inflation in 2023 aside from additional increases due to inflation since then until the recent 0.9% inflation.

The less-than-1% inflation indicates slower price hikes but does not mean that prices in general went down. The CPI in July 2025 is still 5.2% higher than in January 2023, when inflation hit an unprecedented 8.7% under the Marcos administration.

Despite government hype over the lowest inflation since 2019, prices are still higher than in January 2023, when inflation was highest under the Marcos Jr administration. #PresyoIbaba #PeopleEconomics https://t.co/tGDt3PFk9f

Unproductive debt service continues to be guaranteed, with the Php102 billion increase in interest payments to Php950 billion, surpassing the combined increases in health, housing and social security and welfare.

The 2026 budget also lacks meaningful fiscal support to build Filipino industrial micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and national champions as part of an industrialization package of subsidies, technology acquisition, and protection.

The increase in the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund to Php30B from Php10B is important and clearly a response to mounting public criticism. But it is concerning  that despite this, the agri sector remains underprioritized,  accounting for just 3.8% of the total budget.

Poverty and hunger stoke ill-health, but the 5% increase in the Department of Health budget to Php267.2 billion in 2026 is marginal. Also, the over 40% cut in medical assistance for indigents to Php24.2 billion casts doubt on the president’s promise of free healthcare.

The DepED budget for personnel services will rise by almost 20% to Php704.6B in 2026. The number of teaching personnel remains unchanged though, while the infra budget for school buildings barely increases to Php46.3B, which is not even 3% of the total infrastructure program.

The Php6.79 trillion national budget for 2026 may sound large, but the 7.4% increase from last year is actually lower than the 9.7% growth in 2025 and far below the historical average of 10.6% over the last 40 years.

Read: https://t.co/zarYUQ9Aac The budgets for education, health, housing and social protection are hyped as big, but are still very far below what the poor and middle-class need. Agriculture and especially small Filipino firms are also left far behind. #PeopleEconomics