The latest survey showing that 12.2-million Filipino families felt "poor" makes the current administration's agenda on lowering the poverty rate "more urgent." Street crowd in Manila/File photo Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles stated this on Wednesday, Aug. 3, although President Ferdinand...
(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) A record-high 83 percent of Filipinos hope that the “worst is behind us” with the Covid-19 crisis, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, released on Wednesday, July 20, showed. The nationwide survey conducted from April 19 to 27 with 1,440 respondents found that...
(PULSE ASIA) Sixty-seven percent of FIlipinos believe that the outcome of the May 2022 elections is more credible than the May 2016 polls, a Pulse Asia survey, released on Wednesday, July 20, revealed. In the Ulat ng Bayan survey conducted from June 24 to 27 with 1,200 respondents, Pulse Asia said...
Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of vote-counting machines (VCMs) at the San Juan Elementary School in San Juan City on May 3, 2022, less than a week before the 2022 national and local elections. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) A Pulse Asia...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte (JOEY DALUMPINES / PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 19 to 29, 2022 has found that 78 percent of Filipinos were satisfied, 9 percent undecided, and 13 percent dissatisfied with the performance of former President...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. recognizes Filipinos' top urgent concerns on inflation, wages, and poverty, saying he has "anticipated (these) as potential problem(s)." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said on...
(PULSE ASIA) A Pulse Asia survey has found that Filipinos are most concerned about controlling the inflation, followed by other economic-related concerns, such as increasing wages and reducing poverty. In the Ulat ng Bayan survey conducted from June 24 to 27 with 1,200 respondents, 57 percent of...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey has found that 46 percent of Filipinos are optimistic that the Philippine economy will improve in the next 12 months. In the first quarter 2022 Social Weather report conducted from April 19 to 27 with 1,440 respondents, 28 percent said the Philippine economy...
(NTF-ELCAC FACEBOOK) A PUBLiCUS Asia survey has found that the majority of Filipinos support the continuation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). NTF-ELCAC was established by former President Duterte under Executive Order No. 70, series of 2018, to...
Factory output grew at a much faster pace in May due to strong production of machinery and equipment, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday, July 7. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said the country's volume of production index (VoPI)...
(KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) A PUBLiCUS Asia survey has found that most Filipinos support the repeal of the Republic Act (RA) 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law of 2019. RA 11203 removed quantitative restrictions on rice imports in favor of a tariff system when it was signed...
Millennials and the next generation Gen Z Filipinos are more optimistic about their country’s economic and sociopolitical future than their global peers, despite feeling more anxious and stressed out largely due to personal finances and mental health concerns compared to their foreign peers,...
