Mr. Aquino more focused on Calax bidding than on hunger, poverty issues

By Marlen V. Ronquillo

Nov 01, 2014 11:42 pm

THAT’s the hard, sad truth, Senator Poe.

In lamenting the presence of 15 million hungry children in our society, Senator Poe strayed – God bless her – into the verboten topic of growth-poverty disconnect. How can so much hunger take place amid sustained reports of economic growth, she asked. How do we account for the great disconnect? How can we, in conscience, brag about economic miracles when 15 million children are being wasted by hunger ?

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