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03-24-2007, 01:52 PM
Workers on Friday, Campaign Day 29, challenged senatorial candidates to spell out their platform against poverty and hunger. The latest Social Weather Stations surveys on hunger and poverty have highlighted the issues amid the election campaign, prompting labor party-list group Partido ng Manggagawa to ask candidates of both the administration and the opposition to flesh out their anti-poverty strategies.
"The workers are asking the candidates for the Senate to speak their mind on measures to combat hunger and poverty. The workers will not accept motherhood statements. We want them to spell out specific policies," said Gerry Rivera of Partido ng Manggagawa.
Read more here... (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/35530/Campaign-Day-29-Poverty-hunger-as-poll-issues)
"The workers are asking the candidates for the Senate to speak their mind on measures to combat hunger and poverty. The workers will not accept motherhood statements. We want them to spell out specific policies," said Gerry Rivera of Partido ng Manggagawa.
Read more here... (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/35530/Campaign-Day-29-Poverty-hunger-as-poll-issues)