The DSWD Secretary was designated as Head of the Zero Hunger Task Force following the issuance of Executive Order No. 27 series of 2023 on May 18, which
MANILA - The Commission of Population and Development (POPCOM) seeks to maintain the country's population growth rate at 1 percent, vowing to pursue its initiated programs and advocacies under the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. POPCOM Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III said they are set to push more programs relating to Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RPFP), Adolescent Health and Youth Development (AHYD), and the Zero Hunger. The RPFP, he said, must be continued especially now while the country's population growth is stable. "Hindi na masyadong lumalaki ang rate of growth ng population (The population's rate of growth is not growing too much). We want to maintain it at around 1 percent," Perez said in the Laging Handa briefing on Wednesday. To do that, Perez said, the national government's family planning program that covers 8 to 9 million Filipinos should be maintained with stronger collaboration betwe
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Barton relayed this message during her courtesy call to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. shortly after she presented her letter of credentials at the DFA office in Pasay City on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
During their talks, Barton and Locsin discussed WFP’s work in the Philippines, which began in 1968, but was formally re-established in 2006 following the Philippine government’s request to WFP to support the ongoing peace process in Mindanao at that time.
“My pleasure and honor to meet @teddyboylocsin and to work in close partnership to achieve Zero Hunger in Philippines,” the new WFP representative to the Philippines said on her Twitter account.
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SunStar Nograles: We need support of LGUs in fight against hunger
BACOLOD. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles (3rd from left), head of the Zero Hunger Task Force, led the ceremonial turnover of 2,000 McDonald’s meals to the Bacolod City government, received by Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia (2nd from right), with Ronald McDonald House Charities executive director Marie Angeles (1st from left), and owner-operators Michelle Valencia (2nd from left) and Andrew Valencia (1st from right) of Bacolod CETUS Food Industries, at rites at the Bacolod City Government Center Monday, January 25. (Photo by Bacolod City PIO)
+ January 26, 2021 “WE NEED the support of the local government units in the fight against hunger and malnutrition in the country.”