@ibonfoundation.bsky.socialAs energy investors and business leaders gather for the second day of the ASEAN Energy Business Forum, energy, environment, farmers, and consumer advocates are pressing for a nationalized energy system that puts people’s needs before private profit.
@ibonfoundation.bsky.socialThe intersection of corporate interests and renewable energy that should be in the hands of the State reveals a difficult pattern.
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More youth are seeking employment, but a weak labor market is failing to absorb them, said research group IBON, leaving many jobless or stuck in precarious work.
@ibonfoundation.bsky.socialInstead of building a self-reliant, clean and affordable energy system around domestic needs, the Marcos Jr administration is emphasizing new energy capacity for foreign investors in Pax Silica supply chains.
@ibonfoundation.bsky.socialThe spike in unemployment and part-time, informal work indicates a worsening jobs crisis, with Filipinos unable to find work or forced to make do with insecure livelihoods.
The government’s market-driven policies continue to fail in creating enough decent and secure jobs.
@ibonfoundation.bsky.socialThe Marcos Jr administration is organizing Philippine minerals, energy infrastructure, workers and productive capacity around the strategic US economic and military power.
@ibonfoundation.bsky.socialThe 8.2% inflation suffered by the poorest 30% of households exposes the deeper crisis of low wages, insecure jobs, and inadequate social protection that leaves families extremely vulnerable to every new price shock.