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(Eagle News)–The Department of Social Welfare and Development will kick off the nationwide implementation of the Food Stamp Program in July, six months after its successful pilot-testing in just parts of the country. DSWD Undersecretary Edu Punay said preparations for the full implementation of the initiative have begun. “This month po magsisimula na iyong validation at ating registration ng 300,000 beneficiaries para sa July na rin po natin,” he said. He said also this month, […]
JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) — The UN World Food Programme will suspend food aid to over 100,000 displaced people in South Sudan, as funding shortages force the agency to make “painful decisions”, it said Monday. The cuts will start next month and last until January, affecting 106,000 people living in the capital Juba as well as Bor South county and the town of Wau, WFP said, warning of further reductions unless funding was increased. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sa kabila ng paglago ng ekonomiya, lomobo pa ang bilang ng mga nagugutom at malnourished sa Pilipinas. Sa datos ng World Food Program, mula sa 8.3 % noong 2014, umakyat pa sa 13.6 % ang naitalang malnourished hanggang sa huling quarter ng 2016. Katunayan sinabi ni Martin Betteley, Deputy Representative ng WFP na sa isanlibong batang ipinanganganak, labinlima rito ang namamatay bago pa man umakyat ng limang taong gulang dahil […]
