The Manila Times•23h ago
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DSWD vows to step up fight vs poverty, hunger
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed to further boost its initiatives against poverty and hunger. The DSWD made the commitment after a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that self-rated poverty rose to 55 percent in September from 49 percent in June. Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, t
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