Aquino Government Should Urgently Address Hunger Problem Instead of Denying It Exists
Aquino Government Should Urgently Address Hunger Problem Instead of Denying It Exists
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Bulatlat.com
Every time the incidence of hunger worsened during the previous administration, the Arroyo government used to dismiss the findings of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on hunger as subjective while boasting that the economy was doing well and its benefits would soon be felt by the people. Because the previous Arroyo administration dismissed the existence of the problem, instead of reviewing its policy directions and drawing up urgent measures, hunger and poverty worsened further reaching a record high of 24 percent in December 2009. And now, the Aquino government, which was propelled to power because of its campaign slogan of “change,” is doing the same thing.
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