#StriveForSovereigntyAndIndependence
"The Philippines is being economically bullied and our officials are responding with supplication. Subservience isn’t strategy – sovereignty is."

#IBONBirdtalk #TrumpTariffs #PeopleEconomics #MarcosMidterm #StriveForSovereigntyAndIndependence
July 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"The US is raising its tariffs to protect its industries while the Philippines is rushing to Washington to negotiate opening up our economy even more.

This isn't negotiation but capitulation."

Related: ibon.org/the-art-of-the-bad-deal

#StriveForSovereigntyAndIndependence #PeopleEconomics
April 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"The Filipino people strive for true economic and political independence - freedom from great power rivalry abroad but also from corruption, poverty and inequality at home."

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June 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM