Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz (left) and Lorraine Badoy (PPAB) SMNI program anchors Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz have decided to go on a hunger strike amid their detention at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. This was...
It’s been over eight years since we bid goodbye to Katniss Everdeen when the final installment of “The Hunger Games” movie franchise graced the screen. But with the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ 2020 book, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” we are returning to the cinemas again...
(Manila Bulletin) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 found that 9.8 percent of Filipino families have experienced “involuntary hunger” in the past three months. SWS defines involuntary hunger as “being hungry and not having anything to eat.” Based on...
By YVETTE TAN Bungkol Elementary School (BES) stands beside Good Food Farm in Calauan, Laguna. It has been a beneficiary of Rise Against Hunger Philippines’ (RAHP) feeding program for almost two years, and has already seen big results. Bungkol Elementary School has been a beneficiary of Rise...
By YVETTE TAN According to an August 2023 survey by Social Weather Stations, about 10.4 percent of Filipino families have experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months. This means that the family has been hungry but did not have anything to eat. Hunger isn’t the only...
“Walang gutom (No hunger).” President Marcos made this promise to the Filipino people as he assured them of enough rice supply after he ordered the lifting of the rice price cap that was supposed to temper the ballooning prices of the staple grain in the market. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
President Marcos has assured Filipinos that the national government will always be behind them in chasing and fulfilling their dreams as he declared that there will be no hungry Filipinos under the "Bagong Pilipinas" his administration is trying to achieve. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
President Marcos announced that the government is looking into expanding the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 's Food Stamp Program (FSP) to other parts of the country starting next month, citing its successful launch on Sept. 29 . AIMING ZERO HUNGER — President Ferdinand...
President Marcos said the Philippines is now closer to achieving zero hunger as he officially launched the Food Stamp Program (FSP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Surigao del Norte on Sept. 29. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos...
The Po family's Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF), one of the leading food and beverage manufacturing companies in the Philippines, aims to deliver 12 million protein servings to its partner communities as part of its commitment towards a zero hunger Philippines. The firm said its commitment to...
Food is sourced from various food-related enterprises and redistributed to communities in the Philippines. (SOS Philippines) In a significant step towards combating food waste and addressing food insecurity, Scholars of Sustenance (SOS), a global food rescue foundation, organized the Zero Summit...
The results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing more Filipinos are suffering from involuntary hunger is a validation of the national government’s Food Stamp Program (FSP), which was launched last month, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Friday, Aug. 4....
