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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 »

Malnutrition in poorer nations costs firms up to $850 billion: study

Kelly Macnamara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 07:37 AM

Hunger, poor nutrition and obesity not only present a health burden in developing countries but carry a hidden economic penalty that costs businesses up to $850 billion a year, according to a new report published Wednesday.   Read more »

Gutom pangamba ng ilang residente sa pagpapalawig ng Cebu City ECQ

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 08:22 PM

Nangangamba ang ilang mga taga-Cebu dahil sa pagpapalawig ng enhanced community quarantine sa lungsod dahil wala na umano silang makain at wala silang hanapbuhay.    Read more »

Gov't eyes food packs for children in place of feeding programs

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 11:03 AM

With the prohibition on face-to-face classes, the government might distribute food packs that contain vegetables, rice, and nutribuns instead of providing hot meals in schools. Read more »

Philippine gov't to use electronic system in fight against hunger: Nograles

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 04:20 PM

The Philippine government will use information and communications technology tools in its fight against hunger after more families reported experiencing it in the first 3 months of the year, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Sunday. Read more »

Over 4 million Filipino families go hungry amid COVID-19 crisis: SWS survey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 12:03 AM

Millions of Filipinos experienced hunger despite receiving food aid from the government as the Philippines struggles to survive the COVID-19 crisis. Read more »

'Tiis-pilipit': Mangyan tribesmen, tamaraw threatened by hunger and disease

Gregg Yan, special to ABS-CBN News for Biodiversity Day 2020
Posted at May 22 05:40 AM

The old chief exhaled and the hut was enveloped in blue smoke. “I remember,” whispered Fausto Novelozo, chief of the Taw’buid tribe. “That a sickness drove us from the mountains. Measles we got from siganon or lowland visitors. Half our village of 200 died.”    Read more »

More Filipino families go hungry amid COVID-19 crisis – SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 03:05 AM

MANILA - More Filipino families experienced hunger in the past 3 months, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Thursday, as the coronavirus crisis raged across the country and brought economic activities to a standstill. Read more »

Millions had risen out of poverty. Coronavirus is pulling them back

Maria Abi-Habib, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 30 11:34 PM

“There will be groups of people who climbed up the ladder and will now fall back,” he added. “There were so many fragile existences, families barely stitching together an existence. They will fall into poverty, and they may not come out of it.” Read more »

'Hunger pandemic' fears as coronavirus roils world economy

Michael Mathes and Mariette Le Roux, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 03:58 AM

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a hunger crisis in already vulnerable parts of the world, the UN warned Tuesday, as the unprecedented clampdown on commerce sent shock waves through financial markets.    Read more »

Global hunger could double due to COVID-19 blow: UN

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 21 07:07 PM

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday. Read more »

Millions go hungry in wealthy Canada - and some die young as a result

Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 20 05:07 PM

ROME - Canadians who cannot afford regular meals are more likely to die early, according to a study released on Monday, showing that people are dying from hunger even in wealthy countries. Read more »

Duterte forms inter-agency task force to end hunger

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 11:16 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of an inter-agency task force to address hunger as well as the formulation of a National Food Policy to meet the Philippines’ goal to end starvation by 2030. Read more »

Barangay sa Occidental Mindoro dumadaing matapos masalanta ng 'Ursula'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 09:16 PM

Dumadaing na ng gutom ang mga residente sa barangay Alibog sa Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro na na-isolate sa bagyong Ursula.  Read more »

Fewer Filipinos go hungry in July-Sept: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 01:25 PM

Fewer Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger from July to September compared to the previous quarter, according to a survey released by the Social Weather Stations on Wednesday.  Read more »

Poor countries will need to increase carbon footprint to address hunger: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 07:52 AM

Achieving a nutritious diet with adequate calories in developing countries will require a substantial increase in greenhouse gas emissions and water use, scientists reported Monday, calling on high-income countries to accelerate the adoption of plant-heavy diets. Read more »

Tell your favorite restaurants: here’s how they can help end hunger in the Philippines

Nana Ozaeta
Updated as of Sep 07 11:49 AM

Action Against Hunger launches its “Love Food Give Food” campaign to raise funds and awareness about hunger and malnutrition among Filipinos.  Read more »