About 780,000 families have experienced severe hunger in June, up from 530,000 families in March, according to a survey conducted by  Social Weather Station (SWS). By SWS definition, severe hunger refers to those experiencing it “often” or “always.”

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc junked the disqualification case against Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and allowed the latter to sit as party list representative of Ang Galing Pinoy, the ABS-CBN News online reported .

Ang Galing Pinoy claims to represent tricycle drivers and security guards.