Thursday, September 30, 2010

Mel packs to return home from Manila

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Mel is      a  young Filipino man  from a very  poor provincial family     who  has, in recent    years, been attempting to make it i...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Mother and nephew feverish

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Tina, the main breadwinner and mainstay of a poor extended family in Kalayaan, Laguna, Philippines, and her young nephew Ken-Ken are ill but...
Friday, June 04, 2010

Filipinos join call to end hunger

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Image via Wikipedia Filipinos will join thousands of people around the world in the campaign to end hunger, the United Nations ’ Wor...
Monday, April 05, 2010

30 Filipino drivers in Saudi accuse firm of overcharging fees

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Dammam city: Image by unjoshr via Flickr A   brief    report     from       Dennis  Carcamo   of  the    Philstar    news service   ...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

Hunger at record high

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Excerpts from a report by Helen Flores in The Philippine Star , January 13, 2010.   “ MANILA, Philippines . Hunger incidence in the cou...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Hunger and illness stalk families; mother pleads for help

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At 10:38 a.m., local time, Tina sent me a text message : Sorry if I give you much [cause to be] worried, I hope you understand my situation...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas Eve food delivery for volcano evacuees

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High-energy biscuits for flood-affected Filipinos being unloaded from a WFP helicopter last October. Nearly 50,...