World hunger survey: RP 5th Updated November 05, 2008 12:00 AM |
The Philippines is fifth on the top 10 list of countries whose poor said they went hungry in the past year, an abs-cbnNEWS.com report said yesterday.
The report said that based on the results of the World Food Day survey by Gallup International-Voice of the People 2008, four of every 10 Filipinos reported having little or no food at all on their tables in the last 12 months.
This placed the Philippines in the league of African, Latin American, Asian and European countries whose citizens said that they “often or sometimes” lacked food in the past year.
The survey also said that the hunger rate was highest in Metro Manila, where at least 500,000 families lacked food.
The Philippines was in the league of African and Asian nations whose poor said they went hungry in the past year.