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Group distributes aid to poor families, Odette victims

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 06:13 PM

Aside from providing aid to underprivileged families including noche buena packs during the Christmas season, a group is also including Odette victims in its relief operations this year. Read more »

Pacquiao says to address hunger by supporting MSMEs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 08:11 PM

Presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao said that one of the best ways to save the people from hunger and poverty is to pour support into MSMEs. Read more »

Hunger among Filipino families falls in September 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 11:14 PM

Hunger fell among Filipino families from June to September amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released Monday. Read more »

Robredo outlines 'freedom from hunger' plan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 02:14 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday outlined her proposal on combatting hunger and rescuing the economy from the COVID-19 crisis. Read more »

Twitter users say 'yes' to Musk's proposal to sell 10 percent of his Tesla stock

Aishwarya Nair and Hyunjoo Jin, Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 08:24 AM

A week ago, Elon Musk said on Twitter that he would sell $6 billion in Tesla stock and donate it to the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP), provided the organization disclosed more information about how it spent its money. Read more »

World food prices hit 10-year peak -FAO

Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 06:37 PM

World food prices rose for a second consecutive month in September to reach a 10-year peak, driven by gains for cereals and vegetable oils, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. Read more »

LOOK: Jeepney soup kitchen launched in Pasig

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 05:15 PM

A jeepney has been refurbished to serve as a mobile soup kitchen to help feed families greatly affected by the pandemic. Read more »

Metro Manila 'priority area' in PH anti-hunger efforts

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 08:33 PM

Metro Manila has joined a list of areas where public and private sector efforts must focus on in terms of ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Read more »

PH should ensure food security for the vulnerable: UN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 01:36 PM

The Philippines should ensure food security for vulnerable sectors amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a United Nations official said. Read more »

Groups seek public's help in ending hunger, malnourishment in PH

Jasmin Romero and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 21 12:01 AM

Members of Pilipinas Kontra Gutom, a movement that seeks to address involuntary hunger in the country, have called on the public to help in their mission to alleviate hunger and malnutrition among Filipinos. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 14, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:07 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Surviving the pandemic

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 05:18 PM

A vendor offers bottled water while passengers wait at a bus terminal along Zapote Road in Las Pinas City on Wednesday. Read more »

4.2 million Filipinos went hungry in last 3 months: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 12:02 PM

Around 4.2 million Filipino families experienced hunger due to lack of food at least once in the past 3 months, according to an opinion poll that the Social Weather Stations released on Monday.  Read more »

Hunger, drought, disease: UN climate report reveals dire health threats

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 23 12:54 PM

Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet.   Read more »

1 sa 3 batang Pinoy edad 5 pababa kulang sa nutrisyon: pag-aaral

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 08:59 PM

Ayon sa National Nutrition Council, tumaas din ang bilang ng mga pamilyang Pilipino na nakaranas ng gutom noong nakaraang taon, epekto ng pandemya.  Read more »

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year

Maytaal Angel, Reuters
Posted at May 05 06:47 PM

LONDON - Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and weather extremes, and the outlook for this year is again grim, according to a report by the Global Network Against Food Crises.   Read more »

Palace admits more must be done to curb hunger

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 04:48 PM

Malacañang admitted on Friday that more should be done hunger that COVID-19 lockdowns caused.    Read more »

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny ending 24-day hunger strike

Anastasia Clark, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 05:23 AM

The Kremlin critic said Friday he was ending a hunger strike he launched to demand medical treatment behind bars after allies said his life was in danger. Read more »

'Kailangan natin magtulungan': Gov't welcomes opening of community pantries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 10:15 AM

The Philippine government welcomed Monday the opening of publicly initiated community pantries nationwide to help those less fortunate who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

In food-rich Brazil, people go hungry as pandemic rages

Rodrigo Almonacid, with Eugenia Logiuratto in Rio de Janeiro, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 08:20 AM

SAO PAULO - The lines of homeless and other needy people waiting for free meals in the streets of Brazil are growing longer as the Covid-19 pandemic rages out of control. Read more »