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Medco?s Dureza says the SWS survey on hunger highlights the urgency of the government?s anti-poverty program. But Kadamay counters that unless the government stopped prioritizing foreign investments and business over the welfare of ordinary Filipinos, unless it stopped displacing families from their lands and unless it increased wages, rolled back oil prices and junked the E-VAT, poverty and hunger will persist.

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Rise in hunger incident blamed on denial of wage relief

DAVAO CITY (mindanaotoday.com) ? Mindanao, the most abundant region in the country, which accounts for a third of the country?s food products and which produces key crops for export, has registered the highest incidence of hunger in the Philippines, according to the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The survey, which also showed that hunger in the whole country registered a record increase, says 21 percent of respondent households in Mindanao experienced hunger, a slight decrease from the 21.7 percent registered in December 2005. The survey was done in the first quarter of this year and was released on Friday.

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