Due to the dire humanitarian situation following the series of armed clashes in Southern Philippines, the European Union (EU) is providing €500,000 (P29 million) to assist the victims of the ongoing conflict that forced about 66,000 people to flee their homes specifically in the hardest-hit areas...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, June 23, called on the government's hunger task force to ramp up its efforts in addressing hunger and malnutrition among poor Filipino children, especially amid the pandemic. Children line up during a feeding program initiated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in...
Twenty-seven farmer groups from Western Visayas have vowed to provide a steady supply of food products in order to sustain a program that's designed to benefit pregnant women and malnourished children. (Keith Bacongco / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The agrarian reform beneficiaries’...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, May 12, urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to take cue from community pantries to implement its feeding programs. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Poe said the...
More needs to be done to generate jobs and reduce hunger among Filipinos, Malacañang admitted Friday after a survey showed many families had little or nothing to eat during the coronavirus pandemic. A woman receives food items from a community pantry located at the Polytechnic University of the...
The government is planning to include the new nutribun made with carrots in its national feeding program for young school children. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Nograles/Facebook) According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, the enhanced variety of nutribun, now made more nutritious, could...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has joined the call to further open up the Philippine economy despite the COVID-19 pandemic persistence. This, according to him, could address the country’s food sufficiency level to address hunger amid the pandemic. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA...