MANILA , Philippines, July 27 (Eagle News) — In the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Station, 51% of Filipinos say that they are poor which is equivalent to 11.2 million Filipino families.
The said survey was conducted in the second quarter of 2015. On the other hand, 8.1 million families or 37% believe that they are food-poor.
<em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>