Aired (August 16, 2024): #DapatAlamMo ayon sa pag-aaral ng National Economic and Development Authority o NEDA, sapat ang 64 pesos kada tao, kada araw para hindi maituring na ‘food poor.’
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00:00What is your budget for food at home?
00:02For people or for animals?
00:04For people first.
00:05Let's go with people first, Kuya Kev.
00:07You're bigger than my dog.
00:08Bigger than your dog.
00:09Bigger.
00:10For people, it depends.
00:11It depends.
00:12It's too small right now because it's just the two of us.
00:13No, it's just Emma.
00:14It's just the three of us.
00:15But Kuya Kev, because you're a health person,
00:19I'm sure when you eat, you make sure that it's a balanced diet.
00:23Of course.
00:24Right?
00:25It should be balanced and it should be nutritious.
00:27Nutritious.
00:28That's why we eat.
00:30We need to have nutrients.
00:32Because Kuya Kev, there's a lot of talk right now
00:34about the National Economic Development Authority,
00:37which says that 64 pesos per person per day
00:41is the threshold so that it's not considered food poor
00:44or that Filipinos lack in food.
00:47But according to the Think Tank Ibon Foundation,
00:5190 pesos and not 64 pesos per person per day
00:55is what's needed.
00:56It's already cheap.
00:57That's why the Bantay Bigas group is challenging the government
01:00to go to the market to buy and cook food
01:03at a price of 64 pesos.
01:05In the Senate hearing,
01:06MEDA admitted that the thresholds needed to be exceeded
01:09and the Philippine Statistics Authority, or PSA,
01:12admitted that 64 pesos of budget is not enough for a person to eat every day.
01:18They will change this and they want to point this out
01:21to the real situation of Filipinos.
01:28How much budget do you need every day to eat?
01:32That's the story of Jem and Sinas.
01:35Jem?
01:40Kuya Kev, is it possible to save the threshold of 64 pesos per day?
01:47According to MEDA,
01:48a budget of 64 pesos less is needed for Filipinos
01:52to be considered food poor,
01:54which some of our fellow Filipinos sympathized with.
01:58Ms. Rhea, a street sweeper, was invited to drink in Palamig this morning.
02:02Her budget is only 100 pesos for lunch and dinner.
02:06How much is the food?
02:08How much is the rice?
02:10How much is the rice and food right now?
02:12I can eat two, if it's just me.
02:15If Ms. Rhea still needs to save 100 pesos,
02:19how can it be worth 64 pesos?
02:21According to the National Economic Development Authority,
02:24it's worth 64 pesos per day.
02:26It's not considered food poor,
02:28or it's not enough for a person to eat every day,
02:30which some of our fellow Filipinos sympathized with.
02:32It's not enough for me.
02:34It's not enough for me.
02:35It's almost 100 pesos.
02:37You just have to save that for yourself.
02:40You know, every day,
02:42pan dessert, coffee,
02:44lunch,
02:45fish,
02:46it's expensive.
02:47According to the Yvonne Foundation,
02:4890 pesos is the cheapest amount
02:50for every Filipino
02:52to eat there every day.
02:54They should do an updated survey
02:57on how much food is available in the Philippines.
02:59But it's not about the food.
03:00It's about how much food, water,
03:02electricity,
03:03massages,
03:04and other daily necessities.
03:06That's why some youths are reviewing
03:08the NEDA database
03:09to say that a person is food poor.
03:11That's how the increase in purchases continues.
03:13It's time to revisit
03:15and pay attention to the food threshold.
03:17The basket has not been changed
03:20for some time.
03:22Although,
03:23the value of that basket
03:25has been adjusted for inflation.
03:27Maybe you should revisit that
03:28because preferences could have changed already.
03:31The relative prices have changed.
03:34The food threshold depends on the income
03:36of a family or person
03:37so that they won't starve.
03:38This is also the measurement
03:39if a family is experiencing starvation.
03:42The study of the Philippine Statistics Authority
03:45is based on the measurement
03:47of the value of a person's capacity
03:49so that they won't starve every day.
04:01The measurement of the food threshold
04:03is based on the sample food bundles
04:05that could provide nutritional needs.
04:07For example,
04:08the breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
04:10For P64,
04:12energy-sufficient diet is not enough.
04:15What you'll get here is
04:17an energy-sufficient diet
04:19with minimal nutrients.
04:21Mr. Kim?
04:24Okay.
04:25Thank you very much, JM.
04:27Wait, JM.
04:29Did you give a sample
04:30of what you could put
04:31in the P64 budget?
04:33The breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
04:35Yes, the breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
04:36Of course.
04:37That's what you'll eat for lunch, right?
04:39Yes.
04:40JM, is that a fishball?
04:42Maybe it's a fishball.
04:43P64 will fit.
04:45Mr. Kim, Susan...
04:48Mr. Kim, Susan,
04:49the DTI sample came out.
04:51For example,
04:52for breakfast,
04:53pandesal and coffee
04:55can be put here.
04:56For lunch and dinner,
04:58they gave rice and vegetables
05:03like mung beans with malunggay.
05:06But most of the people we talked to
05:09said that P64 is enough
05:12for them to save money.
05:15Just like Tony Dea,
05:17a student.
05:18For him, P64 is not enough.
05:22Why do you think P64 is not enough, Dea?
05:24The transportation to school
05:28is expensive.
05:29How can you go home?
05:31We don't know where to eat
05:35affordable food.
05:37Just like what I eat
05:40to save money.
05:42I eat what I can.
05:44Then,
05:46to save money,
05:49we can't just eat P64.
05:57But how much do you think the budget
06:00should be
06:02to be able to eat enough food in a day?
06:05In a day,
06:07I think P250 is enough.
06:10P250.
06:12That's the kind of food
06:13that has enough nutrition
06:15to meet your needs
06:16and strengthens your body, right?
06:18Yes.
06:19That's enough.
06:20Thank you very much, Dea.
06:21That's also the reaction
06:23of some of our guests
06:24that we interviewed earlier.
06:26Susan, Mr. Kim.
06:27Thank you very much, JM and Sinas.