MANILA, Philippines — The government must do more to alleviate hunger caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Malacaang acknowledged on Friday.
The Palace was responding to a survey conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) that showed that six out of 10 families had little to no food amid the pandemic.
The survey found that 62.1 percent of Filipino families suffer from moderate to severe food insecurity.
“Ginagawan po natin ang lahat para masolusyunan itong problema ng kagutuman sa panahon ng pandemya pero alam natin na mas marami pang dapat gawin,” Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Laging Handa public b…
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