The Philippines should call for “fair rules of the game” at the food and fertilizer market. The Philippine should defend its right, in its relations with the US and European Union, to access food and agricultural products without paying attention to the political aspect.
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey saw the number of families experiencing hunger increase to three million in the last three months of 2022.
Fewer Filipinos said they experienced hunger at least once in three months this quarter, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey has found.
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.
Palace spokesman Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases adopted the resolution seeking the provision of cash or food packs to toddlers within the age bracket and pregnant women at risk of malnutrition.