Most Filipino adults said their quality of life remained the same over the past year, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 24 to 30. The poll, which surveyed 1,800 adult Filipinos nationwide, showed 38 percent reporting no change in their quality of life, 32...
Warning of heightened cybercrime activity during the Christmas season, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Monday, Nov. 17, rolled out its nationwide Holiday Watch PH 2025 campaign to raise public vigilance against the Top 12 Scams of Christmas. CICC Executive Director...
All government agencies and the citizenry were encouraged by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) to conduct educational activities for the historic observance of Sheikh Karimul Makhdum Day on Nov. 7. In a statement, the NCMF urged the nation to celebrate Muslim heritage during the...
About 22 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger, going hungry with nothing to eat, at least once in the past three months, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The national survey, conducted from Sept. 24 to 30, showed...
Fifty percent of Filipino families rated themselves as poor, 12 percent as “borderline” (between poor and not poor), and 38 percent as not poor, based on the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 24 to 30. The results, released on Thursday, Oct. 30, were gathered through...
For many Filipinos, coping with life’s daily pressures begins with a quiet prayer or a much-needed rest. A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 24 to 30 found that praying or engaging in spiritual activities is the most common way Filipinos deal with stress, cited by 16...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 24 to 30 revealed that most Filipinos want President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to focus on reducing the prices of rice and other food products. The SWS Third Quarter 2025 Social Weather Survey, fielded through face-to-face interviews with 1,500...
The fight against corruption will be hard and painful, but it will be worth it, President Marcos said. In honoring outstanding public servants on Tuesday, Oct. 21, Marcos was reminded of the challenges that shook the people 's trust in government, acknowledging that there will be more...
As the world observes World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10, a nationwide survey shows that more Filipinos are living under daily stress as they cope with financial, health, work, and family pressures. The Social Weather Stations (SWS) Third Quarter 2025 survey found that 34 percent of adult Filipinos...
Nearly half of adult Filipinos expect quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from June 25 to 29. In the survey results released on Friday, Sept. 12, 47 percent of respondents said they expect their quality of life to...
There is no Filipino reported hurt in the tourist tram derailment in Lisbon which has claimed 16 lives and injured 23 others. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said this on Thursday night, Sept. 4. "There are currently no indications of Filipino nationals involved in the tourist tram...
Go Negosyo and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) underscored the need to integrate migrant empowerment into the Philippines’ economic agenda as the country prepares to chair the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Advisory Council in 2026. In a statement, Go Negosyo...
