A day after a survey showed that the number of starving people has risen, Malacañang announced that the government would provide food assistance to poor families.

Ignacio Bunye, the President's spokesman and press secretary, said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started drawing up the mechanics for distributing food coupons to the poor.

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