THE recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing that more Filipinos are going hungry should not be equated with the success or failure of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of the government since it has not even covered 20 percent of the country’s poorest of the poor.

Senator Franklin Drilon noted that although the survey reflects sentiments of the respondents it should not be used as basis in determining the effectiveness of the program.

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