Wrong to profit from people’s hunger – Pangilinan

Feb 8, 2021 | Business, Metro, Nation

Opposition Senator Francis Pangilinan urged the government to act as one and implement the law that protects consumers, especially during emergency situations like the pandemic.”Mali ang pagkakitaan ang gutom at pagdurusa ng taumbayan. Kailangang siguruhin ng...

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,...

ADB: Number of people in extreme poverty in Asia and the Pacific down to 264M

Sep 10, 2019 | Business

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday the number of people living in extreme poverty in Asia and the Pacific declined from 1.1 billion in 2002 to 264 million in 2015.The Manila-based multilateral lender’s annual statistical report, titled “Key...

11M families consider themselves poor — SWS

Jul 20, 2019 | Nation

Significantly more Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).The SWS said 45 percent of Filipino families classified themselves “mahirap” or “poor” in its June 22-26, 2019 poll. This was equivalent...