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Relief, but for how long? Philippines’ food stamp programme faces challenges
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Mr Julito Papa and his family are beneficiaries of the pilot run of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s food stamp programme.
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MANILA – Housewife Hazel Atanacio, 37, lives with her husband and six children in a shack in the slums of Tondo, Manila, where the stench of rubbish mounds outside mixes with salty air from the sea.
Her kitchen, composed of two plastic tables, a stove and some cookware, is usually bare.
