MANILA, Philippines — Poor families need a new round of cash aid from the government in the face of a high 16.8-percent hunger rate nationwide as noted by a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, the activist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said on Tuesday.
“The latest SWS survey on hunger calls for swift action by Malacaang through emergency cash assistance to alleviate hunger affecting the most vulnerable sectors. Nasaan ang ayuda [Where’s the aid]?” Bayan Secretary-General Renato Reyes said in a statement sent to reporters.
The SWS survey Reyes was referring to showed that 16.8 percent of households — or 4.8 million Filipino families — had experienced hu…
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