Manila, Jan. 16 -- A total of 533,613 households are now enrolled in the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Walang Gutom Program (WGP), a key anti-hunger initiative of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

"As of Jan. 15, mayroon na tayong mahigit 533,000 na sambahayan na na-enroll sa ating WGP. Matatandaan na may nauna na tayong 300,000 households noong nakaraang taon at ngayon ay kinukumpleto naman natin ang ating target na 600,000 beneficiaries (As of Jan. 15, we already have 533,000 households enrolled in WGP. We have an initial 300,000 households last year and we are completing our target of 600,000 this year)," Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said in a statement on Friday.

The DSWD spokesperso...