The hunger rate in the country is down by five percent, or from 20.5 percent in March to 15.1 percent this June, President Benigno Aquino III said in his address to the nation Monday. Before a joint session of Congress, Aquino also said his anti “wang-wang” (car siren) policy has translated into a fight for [...]

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III’s government must shape up and focus on reducing the number of hungry Filipinos, a militant think-tank group said Saturday. Ibon Foundation said the Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) survey of an estimated 4.1 million families who have gone hungry at least once in the past three months was a reflection of the [...]

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III admitted Friday he was surprised by the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing more Filipinos are going hungry and consider themselves poor. In an ambush interview in Pangasinan, Aquino said he was doubtful of the result of the survey considering the sustainable livelihood programs the administration undertook for the past [...]