Number of hungry Filipinos decline in Q4 of 2020, sets new record – SWS

Dec 19, 2020 | Nation

By Zeus Legaspi Fewer Filipinos said they experienced hunger at least once in three months this quarter, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey has found. The average hunger among Filipino households is at 16 percent or an estimated four million families in November,...

PH hunger rate escapes record low

Dec 17, 2020 | Nation

Photo by Jörg Dietze (WIKICOMMONS) The country’s record-high hunger rate of 30.7 percent in September was halved to 16 percent in November, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) found in its most recent survey.According to the SWS, the number of hungry Filipino...

Gov’t to provide dietary supplements to toddlers, pregnant women

Oct 2, 2020 | Nation

The Philippines will distribute dietary supplements to toddlers aged 6 to 23 months and nutritionally at-risk pregnant women, Malacañang announced on Friday. Palace spokesman Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases adopted...

SWS: Hungry Filipinos soar to record-high 30.7% in September 2020

Sep 28, 2020 | Top Stories

A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey saw the number of families experiencing hunger due to lack of food rise to a record-high 30.7 percent or about 7.6 million households. The poll was conducted from Sept. 17 to 20. It broke the previous record of 23.8 percent in...