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Gov’t vows to review hunger data, address any gaps
Manila Bulletin
|April 1, 2025
Malacañang said it would review the government’s data on hunger rates following a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed an increase in the number of Filipinos experiencing hunger.
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Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the SWS survey showed that 27.2 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger in the last three months, the highest since the record high of 30.7 percent during the Covid-19 pandemic in September 2020.
In a press briefing on Monday, March 31, the Palace Press Officer said the government will study the findings.
“Aaralin po ‘yan dahil po sa bagong report po ng DSWD, marami na po kasing programa na talaga po ang pantawid-gutom ,” (That will be studied because according to the new report from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, there are already many programs addressing hunger),” she said.
Among these programs is a food assistance program that benefits 300,000 households or 1.5 million individuals nationwide.
This story is from the April 1, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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