Hunger again on the rise

HUNGER among Filipino families has worsened, a first quarter Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found, despite a drop in poverty claims during the

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Hunger claims hit new peak

Hunger claims have risen in tandem with poverty, with a record-high number of Filipino families saying they experienced having nothing to eat based

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It’s hopelessly political

This is a re-posted opinion piece. It is terribly frustrating for people in my generation to get their senior citizen cards and see nothing much to h

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Lost decade

This is a re-posted opinion piece. How should one rate Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s economic performance during her nine-and-a-half year reign? My short

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Terraces of poverty

This is a re-posted opinion piece. When BusinessWorld’s headline last Monday said “Poverty numbers worsen,” it was only comparing September 2011, whe

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Many MDGs could be missed

THE PHILIPPINES remains behind schedule -- by a decade or longer in a number of indicators -- three years before the deadline to meet the so-called

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Sinking deeper in poverty

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Almost exactly a year ago today (Nov. 3, 2011), I wrote about a young couple who had requested to live and do subs

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National hunger rate rises

HUNGER IS AGAIN ON THE RISE, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, with sharp increases in Luzon overwhelming declines in the rest

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7,000,000,000

Headline news: The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies Monday, after she arrived to a celebratory cheer at Man

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