By Senator Loren Legarda welcomed the decline in hunger in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, but stressed that one in every five Filipino families still experiencing hunger cannot be treated as a sign that the problem is under control.
The June 20 to 29 SWS survey found that 20.3% of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the preceding three months, down from 23.2% in March.
“Kung sinasabi ng datos na nakaahon na ang isang pamilya sa poverty line pero napipilitan pa rin silang magbawas ng pagkain dahil kulang ang suweldo sa bigas, ulam, pamasahe, kuryente at gamot, malinaw na may kailangan pa tayong ayusin. Hindi sapat na umangat ang pamilya sa papel. Kailangang lumuwag din ang buhay nila,” she said.
