


PH hunger rate escapes record low
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
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...