QC to tackle food security problems

AS the country grapples with a new viral disease that has started to beset the hog industry, Quezon City’s District 2 Councilor Fernando Miguel “Mikey” Belmonte, in his privilege speech, urges other members of the City Council to set out strategic policies that would address existing food security problems, including insufficient meat supply and price hike, which significantly affect the vulnerable and marginalized segment of the population.

“Even with this pandemic serving as our backdrop, we are faced yet again with another challenge...right at the beginning of 2021, each and every household has had to contend, on a daily basis, with the impact of rising prices of basic food commodities - further placing stress in the already limited household budgets,” Belmonte said.