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2.9 Million Filipino Families Experience Hunger

At least 2.9 million Filipino families or 16.9 percent of a projected base of 17.4 million households experienced hunger in the past three months, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.

Malacaņang vowed to work harder to reduce hunger and poverty incidence in the country though officials said economic gains may have only been slow in reaching the people.

Read philstar.com article.

Scott Hughes posted this on Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 at 2:54 pm and it is filed under Poverty News. Discuss the above post at the Hunger & Poverty Forums. It's completely free, and all viewpoints are welcome. Pings are currently closed.

One Response to “2.9 Million Filipino Families Experience Hunger”

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    November 2nd, 2006 at 12:59 pm

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