MANILA, Philippines – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman downplayed yesterday the findings of the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed that hunger incidence in the country went up to 22.5 percent at the end of 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Soliman downplays findings of SWS survey on hunger
February 1, 2012
Govt lines up anti-hunger programs
February 1, 2012
MALACAÑANG on Tuesday announced that it has listed several programs that will directly solve hunger in the country.
Deputy spokesman Abigail Valte said that results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey done in December showed that self-rated hunger was statistically identical to results of the September 2011 survey. Read the rest of this entry »
SWS: 1.3 M more families ‘hungry’
October 28, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The number of Filipino families that experienced hunger grew from about three million households in June to about 4.3 million in September, according to a survey released yesterday by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). Read the rest of this entry »
Despite doleouts, hunger incidence highest since ’09
October 28, 2011
Despite the vaunted cash transfer doleouts or the social welfare department’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) the pang of hunger among Filipino households was recorded at its highest since December 2009 with one in five households saying it experienced a day going by with nothing to eat, the results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted between last Sept. 4 and 7 showed. Read the rest of this entry »
SWS survey: Fewer hungry in RP under Aquino gov’t
July 2, 2011
The Aquino administration yesterday claimed that the marked improvement in the country’s self-rated hunger ratings is the best demonstration that the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program is working. Read the rest of this entry »
Why hunger got worse and how to fight it
April 13, 2011
LET’S help the Palace with some numbers. Not impeachment votes in the Senate, Mala-cañang’s No. 1 worry, but something that really matters to ordinary Filipinos who are the avowed bosses of President Benigno Aquino 3rd: hunger and poverty figures. Read the rest of this entry »
P-Noy shocked about hunger rate?
April 13, 2011
When the new Social Weather Stations survey showed that more Filipinos were experiencing hunger and poverty under his administration, P-Noy couldn’t believe what he was hearing. The nationwide survey that covered 1,200 respondents from March 4 to 7 showed that 20.5 percent of the families polled said they experienced hunger, and that 51 percent considered themselves poor. Read the rest of this entry »
Hunger incidence up – SWS
April 9, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – More Filipinos experienced “involuntary” hunger and considered themselves poor in the past three months, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Hunger still hits families
October 21, 2010
3M households lack food once in 3 months – SWS
Some 3 million families, or 15.9 percent of the total in the Philippines, are experiencing hunger at least once in three months, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed. Read the rest of this entry »
SWS: Fewer families experienced hunger
October 18, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – While fewer Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger in the last three months, nearly half of them rated themselves “mahirap” or “poor,” a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. Read the rest of this entry »
