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Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno said the national government needs to address the root causes of armed conflict in the country. In a press conference held during his listening tour in Mindoro on Monday, Moreno said ongoing insurgencies in the country originated from widespread joblessness and desperation. He added that access […]
Vice presidential aspirant and Senator Kiko Pangilinan has unveiled a plan on how to eradicate hunger in the country that has worsened due to the pandemic.“The plan aims to address the challenges of hunger that we are facing because of the joblessness and lockdowns,” Pangilinan said during his speech before officials and members of the […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said agriculture offers today’s young generation a chance to make a difference by growing enough food to feed not only the hungry in the Philippines, but also in other countries. Speaking to members of various youth organizations and individuals, Dar emphasized that youth involvement is critical in the current state of […]
While the government acknowledges the steadily dropping hunger figures, it also recognizes that it should step up hunger mitigation measures with the country yet to fully reopen its economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.This was according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Thursday added: “Reducing and preventing widespread hunger continues to be a top […]
Senator Grace Poe called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to scale up local agricultural production and aim for a dynamic, high-growth sector to alleviate the hunger woes of millions of Filipinos. “Our people are hungry. There’s something disconcerting about the reality that this is happening in an agricultural country,” Poe said. “The number of […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the turnover ceremony of 2,603 completed housing units for beneficiaires in Bugasong, Antique last Friday, July 16, 2021 and assured residents that the Duterte administration was fully committed to developing communities in the Yolanda Permanent Housing sites.The 47th virtual ceremonial turnover of free houses covered the Bugasong Resettlement Project (91 […]
Ramping up food production, encouraging communities to grow their own produce, and safely increasing economic activity are some of the keys to reduce hunger in the provinces. This was bared by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who at the government’s pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address) forum addressed concerns that a recent Social Weather Stations survey […]
Leading officials from both the government and private sector agree that “zero hunger” by the year 2030 is achievable, based on the recently concluded “Private sector dialogue on responsible agricultural investments for food systems” organized by the Department of Agriculture (DA). In response to the United Nations call for a summit to meet the 17 […]
The government will continue to ramp up efforts to make food affordable, accessible, and available in order to sustain the momentum that has led to the record-low self-rated food poverty figures under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. This according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Sunday said that the Zero Hunger Task Force […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led Duterte administration officials in extending greetings to the Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute on its 74th founding anniversary during a virtual ceremony with Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato De La Peña last July 1, 2021. Nograles, who heads the government’s Task Force on Zero […]