SENATOR Grace Poe wants an additional outlay of P2 billion to support next year’s implementation of the school-based feeding program, which will include the purchase of kitchen equipment.

She pressed for the additional budget to ensure that the 2.5 million “wasted and severely wasted” school children or those with chronic malnutrition would be properly supported in 2018.

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