THE number of Filipino families who experienced hunger slightly increased in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on Monday.

The poll from June 22 to 26 among 1,200 respondents nationwide showed 10 percent or an estimated 2.5 million families experienced "involuntary hunger" at least once in the past three months.

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