Press Release
March 20, 2007

KIKO ON SWS REPORT THAT HUNGER IS AT RECORD HIGH

"The SWS report that 19% or 3.4 million of our fellow Filipinos are living in hunger is an appalling truth that must be addressed squarely and immediately. We see hunger everyday, yet the promise of an improving economy has not trickled down to our people to ease their suffering. We cannot claim that the Philippines is doing better if hunger is at record high. Our economic gains must translate to food on every Filipino family's table. This is the challenge to our leaders, to offer a new brand of leadership, a new way of doing things. If we will stick to politics as usual, we will only aggravate the country's economic situation. We need to think outside on solutions rather that fault-finding and finger-pointing."

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