Tag: World Food Programme

Credits received under Food Stamp Program should complement beneficiaries’ existing income: DSWD

(Eagle News)–The Department of Social Welfare and Development clarified on Saturday, Sept. 30, that the food credits beneficiaries receive under the Food Stamp Program should merely complement their income. Under the FSP launched by the World Food Programme of the United Nations in Siargao Island beneficiaries receive P3,000 worth of food credits loaded to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards. The EBT cards can then be used to purchase food products in all DSWD-accredited merchants and […]

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Waning interest is biggest risk in race to overcome Ebola – WHO

Waning interest in Ebola could jeopardize efforts to stamp out the world’s worst recorded outbreak of the disease, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday (March 11). The year-old Ebola outbreak has killed 9,976 people and fears of its spread commanded headlines globally in the second half of last year. “In terms of the risks, the single biggest one probably at this point is the risk that the world stops looking at this disease, stops […]

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