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'Paano sila na walang handa?': Bakery gives out food packs to the homeless on Christmas

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 03:04 AM

“The secret to happiness is helping others.”    Read more »

'Things are looking up,' Palace tells Filipinos who say life got worse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 05:42 PM

"Things are looking up," Malacañang said on Wednesday as it sought to boost public optimism, after an opinion poll revealed that 3 in 5 Filipinos their quality of life worsened this year, during which the COVID-19 pandemic left businesses struggling and millions without job.  Read more »

SWS: 3 in 5 adult Filipinos say quality of life got worse in 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 07:21 PM

Three out of 5 or 62 percent of adult Filipinos said that quality of life got worse this year, according to a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Monday.   Read more »

Nobel-winning UN food agency warns of 'hunger pandemic' worse than COVID

Pierre-Henry Deshayes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 06:30 AM

OSLO, Norway - Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World Food Program (WFP) warned Thursday of a "hunger pandemic" it said could be worse than COVID-19. Read more »

Record hunger in the Philippines as COVID restrictions bite

Allison Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 01:55 PM

The number of people going hungry has reached a record high during the pandemic, according to pollster Social Weather Stations.   Read more »

'Eating rats': Myanmar's second lockdown drives hunger in city slums

Shoon Naing, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 23 11:45 PM

fter the first wave of coronavirus hit Myanmar in March, 36-year-old Ma Suu closed her salad stall and pawned her jewelry and gold to buy food to eat. Read more »

The story behind Thailand protesters’ ‘Hunger Games’ salute

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 07:30 PM

The gesture is a way to signal support for greater democracy, but also anger towards the country's royalist military establishment at a time when entrenched inequality is worsening. Read more »

2021 budget delay to affect govt programs vs hunger: CabSec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 10:53 AM

A delay in budget proceedings will affect government's programs that seek to end hunger in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Monday. Read more »

Nograles: Kagutuman sa bansa pinalala ng COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 05:37 PM

Sabi ni Cabinet Sec. Karlo Nograles, namumuno ng Zero Hunger Task Force di nakagawa ng hunger survey ang gobyerno para sa taong ito dahil sa pandemya. Read more »

Gov’t to launch food aid program for malnourished children under 2, pregnant women

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 03:54 PM

MANILA — The government will spend an initial P62 million for a food aid program that seeks to support malnourished children below 2 years old and nutritionally at risk pregnant women, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

Hontiveros seeks P1.36-B hike in DSWD budget to address malnutrition

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 04:18 PM

MANILA — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday pushed for a P1.36-billion increase in the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) proposed 2021 budget to aid government's response to a looming “hunger crisis” in the country.    Read more »

Survey reveals record-high number of PH households experiencing hunger

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 11:11 PM

An economist said the Philippine government's response to the COVID-19 crisis is partly to blame for the record-high number of Filipino families experiencing hunger. Read more »

Talamak na gutom di na lang dahil sa pandemya: ekonomista

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 09:23 PM

Ayon kay Professor Toby Monsod ng UP School of Economics, ang gutom ay dahi sa kahinaan ng pamahalaan.  Read more »

Reopening economy guaranteed to address hunger, claims Malacañang

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 01:12 PM

Reopening the country's economy is the only guarantee to address hunger, Malacañang said Monday after a recent survey found a record-high 7.6 million Filipino families went hungry in the past 3 months.  Read more »

7.6 million Filipino households went hungry in past 3 months: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 06:02 PM

The Social Weather Stations said Sunday the proportion of families experiencing hunger due to lack of food to eat reached a new record-high of 30.7 percent, or an estimated 7.6 million households in the past 3 months.  Read more »

The other way COVID-19 will kill: Hunger

Peter S. Goodman, Abdi Latif Dahir and Karan Deep Singh, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 13 08:02 AM

Long before the pandemic swept into her village in the rugged southeast of Afghanistan, Halima Bibi knew the gnawing fear of hunger. It was an omnipresent force, an unrelenting source of anxiety as she struggled to nourish her four children.   Read more »

Higit 5 milyong pamilya gutom ang inabot noong lockdown: survey

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 09:16 PM

Tumaas ang bilang ng mga pamilyang nakaranas ng gutom ngayong panahon ng pandemya, ayon sa pinakahuling survey na inilabas ng Social Weather Stations (SWS). Read more »

5.2 million families hungry: PH records highest hunger incidence since 2014, says SWS

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 07:24 PM

MANILA - Some 5.2 million Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger in the past 3 months as the country battled the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest since 2014, an independent Social Weather Stations survey showed Wednesday.   Read more »

World hunger worsening as coronavirus weighs and obesity rises: UN

Alexandria Sage, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 02:32 AM

Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a United Nations report published Monday. Read more »

Tokyo mother arrested over leaving 3-yr-old alone for week to die

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 08 09:38 AM

TOKYO - A Tokyo woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of leaving her 3-year-old daughter alone at their home for more than a week and letting her starve to death, police said. Read more »