The Manila Bulletin has been ranked as one of the most trusted news sources in the Philippines, based on Publicus Asia’s “Pahayag 2025 First Quarter Survey.”
The 125-year-old publication earned a trust rating of 35 percent, placing it alongside other major Philippine media outlets.
In the survey, GMA-7 topped the trust rankings with 42 percent, followed by Philippine Daily Inquirer at 38 percent, Philippine Star at 36 percent, and Manila Bulletin at 35 percent.
ABS-CBN Online scored 34 percent, while TV5/Interaksyon received 31 percent.
Other trusted media organizations included Bombo Radyo (30 percent), Newswatch Plus (formerly CNN Philippines) (30 percent), DZBB (27 percent), DZRH (27 percent), and Manila Times (27 percent).
Pahayag 2025 First Quarter Survey is an independent and non-commissioned survey conducted from March 15 to 20.
It used a purposive sampling method, with 1,500 respondents randomly selected from a research panel of over 200,000 registered Filipino voters managed by the Singapore office of PureSpectrum, a US-based panel marketplace with a multinational presence.