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There seems to be no end in sight just yet for the increasing food prices in the Philippines, with the country’s poor bearing the brunt of it.
Ang community pantries ay kabaligtaran ng tikom na kamay na bakal ng gubyerno.
The iron fist has all the resources and should unclench to feed the hungry.
Carinderia vendors and consumers considerably lean on each other to combat the threat of food insecurity, but several vendors also stressed that they can’t hold on long enough and hope to receive subsidies from the government.
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