West Philippine Sea (Photo courtesy of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Command) The majority of Filipinos want the Philippines to assert its territorial rights in the West Philippine Sea through diplomacy or other peaceful means, an independent survey conducted by the OCTA Research...
ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has the statistical chance of leading the May 2025 senatorial elections if they were held during the survey period, OCTA Research’s 2nd quarter of 2023 survey results showed. According to an advance copy of the...
Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel completed a helocast training at Marine Base Gregorio Lim in Ternate, Cavite on Friday, July 14. Philippine Marine Corps and United States Marine Corps personnel hold helocast training *at Marine Base Gregorio Lim in...
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) will test its ability to integrate, plan, and execute firing and tactics plans to sink a mock enemy ship as they kick off the Marine Aviation Support Activity (MASA) 23 on Thursday, July 6. *(File photo: Philippine Marine...
Filipinos’ satisfaction with the general performance of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. fell slightly by four points in March 2023, as shown in the results of an OCTA Research survey released on Tuesday, June 27. The “Tugon ng Masa” survey, which was conducted from March...
Majority of Filipinos feel safe in their neighborhoods, according to OCTA Research’s Tugon ng Masa survey results released on Tuesday, June 13. OCTA asked 1,200 respondents about their opinion or personal experience with peace and order in their communities in a non-commissioned survey conducted...
Majority of Filipinos are optimistic that their quality of life and the economy will improve over the next six months, according to the findings of an OCTA Research survey released on Sunday, June 11. The “Tugon ng Masa” survey, conducted from March 24 to 28 and commissioned by Go Negosyo,...
Forty-three percent or an estimated 11.3 million families in the country consider themselves poor in the first quarter of 2023, findings in the March 2023 OCTA First Quarter survey results released on Friday, June 2, showed. According to the OCTA’s “Tugon ng Masa” survey conducted from March...
Controlling inflation, having access to affordable food, and raising workers’ wages remain the most urgent national concerns of Filipinos, according to the latest “Tugon ng Masa” survey conducted by OCTA Research. The non-commissioned survey, which was conducted from March 24 to 28 found that...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched the Broadband ng Masa program in Davao City in line with its goal to eradicate digital divide across the archipelago. (Department of Information and Communications Technology) The program was formally activated at the...
Committed to the national government’s aim of making the Philippines a digitally competitive nation, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) started another initiative to improve connectivity in remote areas. The DICT led the “Free Wi-Fi for All Ceremonial Launching...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The goal of bringing internet connectivity to the different communities in the country, especially in far-flung areas, is gaining headway under the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s BroadBand ng Masa (BBM) program that is anchored on the...
