The OCTA Research Group is calling on Congress to pass the Protection Against Cyberattacks Bill, which aims to protect critical information infrastructure from cyber threats. The call was made in response to recent cyberattacks on key government institutions, including the Philippine Health...
A commissioned survey conducted by OCTA Research from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 revealed that ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is once again at the top of the list of potential senatorial candidates for the senate in the May 2025 elections. Tulfo had a “significant” lead in the third quarter of...
Textile materials, weaves, traditional wear, and innovative textiles created by Filipino designers took center stage at the ASEAN Techno-Fashion Expo in Bohol as part of the 84th ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (COSTI). (Photo from DOST) The event was led by the...
Manila Bulletin Over half of Filipinos are in favor of hiring unlicensed nurses as aides or assistants to augment the workforce in government hospitals, based on the OCTA Research survey results released on Friday, Oct. 6. According to the non-commissioned “Tugon ng Masa” survey with 1,200...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez can't help but feel "deeply grateful" to Filipinos after seeing his approval and trust ratings from the latest OCTA Research survey. According to the results of OCTA’s...
President Marcos said the country must prop up its spending on research and development to maintain the Philippines' emerging image as an "innovation achiever." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the launching of the National Innovation Agenda Strategy Document (NIASD) on Sept. 27,...
(Second Quarter 2023 Tugon ng Masa Survey / OCTA Research) Despite registering lower ratings, most Filipinos continue to trust and approve of President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte in the second quarter of 2023, OCTA’s Tugon ng Masa survey results bared. The survey results released on...
The majority of adult Filipinos believed that their quality of life would “improve” over the next six months based on the survey findings released by OCTA Research on Monday, Sept. 18. KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN The findings, focusing on optimism and pessimism regarding the...
OCTA Research’s Second Quarter 2023 Tugon ng Masa survey results (Manila Bulletin) Seventy-two percent of adult Filipinos believe that the country is moving in the right direction because of the current administration’s policies and actions in July 2023, down from a peak of 85 percent in...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Contributed photo) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has thanked Filipinos for showing high satisfaction and high trust for the chamber, as indicated by the results of an OCTA Research survey released last month. “I thank our...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Speaker Martin Romualdez's "heart is at the right place", based on Filipinos' view of his performance at the helm of the House of...
While the Philippines is doing good on research, it lacks in terms of development. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy PPA Pool/KJ Rosales) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. stated this during the conferment of the Order of National Scientists and the Presidential...
