SWS: Severe hunger rises in RP
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/07...unger-rises-rp
MANILA, Philippines - Rosely Salazar, 36, sheds a tear when she talks about the hardship that her family goes through every day.

A single parent who earns a living as a manicurist, she said her five kids --ages 16,14, 9, 8 and 5 -- sometimes eat nothing but patis (fish sauce) or noodles once a day just to fill their bellies.

"Sometimes, we don't eat at all especially when I can't find work," she told abs-cbnNEWS.com.

Salazar's family is just one of some 780,000 families that went hungry more often in the past quarter, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey released Wednesday.

The survey, conducted last June 25-28, showed that an estimated 4 million Filipino families went hungry at least once in the past three months. Of that number, at least 780,000 families said they went hungry "often" or "always" in the past quarter, compared to only 530,000 families in the first quarter of 2010.
ever heard of birth control?!