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Number of poor families up by 38% in 2nd quarter - SWS

By Ghio Ong | September 7, 2010 - 12:00am

The number of Filipino families who consider themselves poor rose by over a million to roughly half of the population in the second quarter of the year, a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed ye...

Headlines

Hunger at record high in fourth quarter

By Ghio Ong | January 13, 2010 - 12:00am

Hunger incidence in the country is at its highest since President Arroyo took over the presidency in 2001, according to the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Headlines

SWS: Hunger hits 3.7 million families in past 3 months

By Ghio Ong | July 28, 2009 - 12:00am

The latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released yesterday showed that one in five Filipino families or about 3.7 million families have experienced hunger in the past three months.

Headlines

SWS: 3.7 million Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger

By Dino Maragay | July 27, 2009 - 11:37am

MANILA, Philippines -- An estimated 3.7 million families in the country -- or one in five families -- are suffering from involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, according to the latest survey of...

Hunger severely felt by families of retrenched workers - SWS survey

By Dino Maragay | May 20, 2009 - 12:20pm

MANILA, Philippines – Families of unemployed workers, especially those laid off from their jobs, are significantly suffering from hunger, according to the latest survey by pollster Social Weather Stations...

Hunger incidence down to 15.5%

By Ghio Ong | March 24, 2009 - 12:00am

Hunger incidence in the country has gone down, with the number of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months going down to 15.5 percent from a record-high 23.7 percent...

Headlines

LOCAL NEWS: More hungry Filipinos in last 3 months, SWS survey shows

By Ghio Ong | October 20, 2008 - 4:01pm

About 3.3 million Filipino families experienced hunger at least once in the last three months, a recent survey by the ...

SWS: Hunger incidence down except in Metro Manila

By Ghio Ong | July 24, 2007 - 12:00am

Headlines

Hunger in Philippines down by 14.7 percent, reports SWS

July 23, 2007 - 12:08pm

After having been at a crisis level of 19.0% for two consecutive surveys, the national percentage of families experiencing involuntary hunger in the past three months declined significantly to 14.7% in the new Social...

Nation

Palace: Poverty down, economy up

By Paolo Romero | May 18, 2006 - 12:00am

Malacañang painted a rosy picture of the economy yesterday, saying poverty is declining and investments are up despite the latest surveys showing that hunger among Filipinos was hitting record highs. At Malacañang,...

Headlines