Manila22.6% of Filipino families went involuntarily hungry in September.
Hunger rose from 20.3% in June, above the 21.1% average of 2020’s pandemic.
Inflation hit a 3-year high of 7.2%, with rice up 20.3%, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.
Hunger fell in the Visayas to 16%, but reached 27% in Metro Manila.
Severe hunger, meaning often or always, rose from 4.5% to 6.4%.
How each outlet framed it
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- Inquirer.net leans critical
- breaks the 22.6% rise down by region, with Metro Manila up from 21% to 27% while the Visayas fell
Sources: Inquirer.net