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Mas kaunting Pinoy ang nakaranas ng gutom sa unang bahagi ng 2018: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 02:24 AM

Bumaba ang bilang ng mga Pinoy na nakaranas ng gutom sa unang tatlong buwan ng 2018, ayon sa Social Weather Stations. Read more »

Fewer Filipinos felt hunger in January to March 2018: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 01:33 AM

Compared to the last quarter of last year, fewer Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the first three months of 2018, the latest survey from the Social Weather Stations showed. Read more »

Hungry for social justice: Farmers, fishermen, IPs fast vs charter change

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 07:58 PM

As commuters burdened by their own problems passed by the People Power Monument on congested EDSA, a group of farmers, fishermen and indigenous peoples supported by several men of the cloth quietly endured a fast in protest of charter change.  Read more »

Hunger strike against charter change

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 05:09 PM

Members of the Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) hold a hunger strike at the EDSA People Power Monument on Wednesday ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the EDSA People Power celebration. Read more »

'Duterte's Kitchen'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 07:22 PM

A man inquires for food on Wednesday at a branch of "Duterte's Kitchen" in Cubao, Quezon City, where hungry folks get free rice porridge.  Read more »

Hunger among Filipino families rose in July-Sept 2017: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 10:22 PM

More Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger in the third quarter of 2017, according to a survey by the Social Weather Stations released Wednesday. Read more »

Fishermen push for freer Scarborough access, zero-hunger bill

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 07:35 PM

MANILA- Fisherfolk from Masinloc, Zambales who continue to fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal urged the government to pass the anti-hunger bill currently pending in both houses of Congress. Read more »

By using surplus food, US cities could tackle hunger, waste problems

Sophie Hares, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 26 02:53 AM

Under growing pressure to deal with the 40% of food being thrown away, US cities must find new ways to stop waste going into landfill and get edible food to those who need it Read more »

Hot water for dinner in hunger-hit Syria town

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 03:04 AM

Manal boils water on the stove in the besieged Syrian town of Hamouria, hoping to convince her four children that she is cooking, but she has no food. Read more »

World's most expensive food plates found in poorest countries: study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 09:36 AM

The most expensive plates of food can be found in some of the world's poorest countries, if based on how much of a person's daily wage is spent for a meal, according to an international study. Read more »

Hunger in PH at lowest level since March 2004: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 01:13 PM

The number of Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger dropped to single digit level in the second quarter of 2017, the lowest since March 2004, the latest Social Weather Stations survey revealed. Read more »

Smartphone app allows non-profit in India to feed the hungry

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 04:17 AM

Restaurants and individuals can use Feeding India's smartphone app to sign up to donate food, which are then collected and distributed to people in need.  Read more »

Conflicts, drought push 81 million people into food aid

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jun 22 05:15 AM

ROME - Prolonged conflicts and droughts have left an unprecedented 81 million people needing food aid in 2017, a specialist U.S.-based agency said on Wednesday, revising up its earlier estimates. Read more »

Foreign detainees on hunger strike in Japan

Kyodo News
Posted at May 17 01:13 AM

Over 20 foreigners being detained at an immigration facility in the central Japan city of Nagoya have launched a hunger strike, protesting against long detention periods and their conditions, their supporters said Tuesday, as more than 20 foreign detainees continued their hunger strike at an immigration facility in Tokyo. Read more »

Fewer Pinoys experience hunger in Jan-March: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 03 10:07 AM

Fewer Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger in the first 3 months of 2017 compared to the preceding quarter, according to a survey by the Social Weather Station released Wednesday. Read more »

South Sudan suffering 'man-made' famine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 08:08 AM

South Sudan on Monday declared famine in some parts of the country, with more than three years of war leaving nearly five million hungry in what aid groups called a "man-made" tragedy. Read more »

More Filipinos felt hunger in Sept-Dec: SWS

Trishia Billiones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 07:23 PM

The proportion of the Filipino population who went hungry at least once in the last three months of 2016 was higher compared to the preceding quarter and the past year, the latest survey from the Social Weather Station showed. Read more »

Kenyan farmers eat insects as drought hurts crops

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 09 05:21 PM

A growing number of farmers in eastern and western Kenya are now harvesting and eating insects like termites to cope with prolonged drought. Read more »

Mga militanteng kongresista, nakiisa sa hunger strike

Johnson Manabat, DZMM
Posted at Dec 09 09:11 PM

Ilang militanteng kongresista ang nakilahok na rin sa ilang araw nang hunger strike ng mga progresibong grupo sa Mendiola para ipanawagan ang tuluyang pagpapalaya sa mga political prisoner sa bansa. Read more »

Political prisoners go on hunger strike, call for amnesty

Joey Yecyec, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 11:33 PM

MISAMIS ORIENTAL - Political prisoners in Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail started a 3-day hunger strike on Wednesday. Read more »