Malacañang is optimistic that the country's employment situation will improve in the coming months as more Filipinos are expected to return to work with the easing of quarantine restrictions and the reopening of economic activities. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop, with the...
Mathematicians, actuaries, and statisticians are the highest-paid occupations in the country, the latest survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed. Based the 2020 Occupational Wages Survey (OWS) released by the PSA on Wednesday, Feb. 9, these three professions in insurance,...
The Philippine factory output recovered last year with both volume and value of production posting double-digit growth versus 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA reported Tuesday, Feb. 8, that the...
Malacañang thanked Filipinos who continue to support President Duterte after maintaining a "very good" net satisfaction rating even as he nears the end of his term. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang Photo) "Lubos po kaming nagpapasalamat sa sambayanang Pilipino sa patuloy ninyong suporta at...
(SWS) Even as he nears the end of his term, President Rodrigo Duterte continues to enjoy a "very good" net satisfaction rating of +60 (percentage of satisfied minus percentage of dissatisfied), based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in December 2021. SWS president and...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Former senator and Sorsogon Gov. Francis "Chiz" Escudero took the top spot in the latest nationwide online survey conducted by Tangere in partnership with the Manila Bulletin from Jan. 26 to 29. The survey results released on Wednesday, Feb. 2, showed Escudero at the...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno expressed dismay on Saturday, Jan. 29, over the Bloomberg survey that ranked the Philippines at the bottom on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resilience. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno, a senatorial aspirant,...
In an attempt to rally their base voters, vice presidential hopeful Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan cited a Philippine poll "trend" that shows that early frontrunners in pre-election surveys always lose in the end. Vice President Leni Robredo (left) and Senator Kiko Pangilinan (OVP photo) "Sa...
The vast majority of Filipinos think that the pandemic has lasted much longer than expected, but have also expressed readiness to live with COVID-19, the third Asia Care Survey conducted by Manulife revealed. Among the Filipinos surveyed by Manulife, 69 percent said that the pandemic has lasted...
Four out of five or 80 percent of vaccinated adult Filipinos are willing to get a booster dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Thursday, Jan. 27. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File...
The country’s next president, who will be chosen this coming May in the national and local polls, will inherit a lot of good things from the Duterte administration. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Thus, said Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles in a...
Malacañang is encouraged by the recent survey that showed that only eight percent of adult Filipinos remain hesitant to get vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19). (File photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nogrlaes made the statement after the recent Social Weather...