“We may be saved from the virus but it doesn’t matter if we’re going to die of hunger anyway.”

In Philippine slums, heat, hunger take a toll under lockdown

 
 
 
 
 
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"The situation of many Filipinos these days is pitiful. Lockdown is not the same for everyone," - Catholic priest Eduardo "Ponpon" Vasquez Vasquez.

"More than physical hunger, they have spiritual hunger.”

Hazmat suits and holy water: two priests bring faith to Philippines lockdown

 
 
 
 
 

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