Manila, Sept. 3 -- Since their inclusion in the Walang Gutom Program (WGP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), 300,000 families have continued to eat better, contributing to the downward trend in hunger incidence among the poorest Filipino households.

A private sector-commissioned Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey for the WGP, conducted in March, showed that hunger prevalence among beneficiaries dropped by 7.2 percentage points, with the most notable improvement seen in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) - Plus cluster, where hunger incidence fell by 17.4 percentage points.

"We are seeing early signs of success of the Walang Gutom Program. And as instructed by President Ferdinand R. Ma...