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(Eagle News)–The net satisfaction rating of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government climbed up to an excellent in December, with 81 percent of Filipinos satisfied with its performance, the Social Weather Stations said. According to the SWS, based on the December 13 to 16, 2019 survey, the +73 net satisfaction rating, with only 12% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 7% dissatisfied, was up by 6 points from the very good +67 the administration got in September 2019. […]
(Eagle News)–Fewer Filipinos are without work in the fourth quarter of 2019, a recent Social Weather Stations found. The SWS said the 17.5 percent national adult joblessness rate, which translates to 7.9 million people, was a decrease of four points from the 21.5 percent, or 10 million people, recorded in September 2019. The 4-point decline in the national joblessness rate was due to decreases of 10 points in Metro Manila and 8 points in Balance […]
(Eagle News)–The percentage of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger in December 2019 dropped to 8.8 percent, the lowest in 15 years, a Social Weather Stations survey found. The SWS said the December 2019 hunger rate, which translates to 2.1 million families, was lower than the 9.1 percent hunger rate recorded in September of 2019, and lower than the 7.4 percent in March 2004. The December 2019 rate also represented a decline from the rates […]
82 percent of Filipinos satisfied with his performance (Eagle News)–More than 80 percent of Filipinos are satisfied with the performance of President Rodrigo Duterte, who is over three years in office, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. According to the SWS, the 82 percent of Filipinos satisfied was an increase of 4 points from the 78 percent satisfied in September 2019. With only 8% undecided and 10% dissatisfied, net satisfaction rating of the President […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety-six percent of Filipinos are welcoming the New Year with hope, a recent Social Weather Stations found. According to the poll conducted from December 13-16, the 96 percent was higher than the 92 percent recorded in 2018, and ties the record-high level first registered in 2017. The SWS said the increase was due to spikes in New Year hope registered in all areas except Mindanao–in Balance Luzon,99 percent; Visayas, 97 percent; Metro […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Dec. 6, questioned the results of a Social Weather Stations survey that said a majority of Filipinos were worried about the rising number of Chinese workers in the country. “It is a matter of research methodology. We note that the survey question has been slantly phrased as: ‘Gaano po kayo nababahala sa pagdami ng dayuhang Intsik na nagtratrabaho sa Pilipinas?’ Necessarily, the response is logical and expected because […]
(Eagle News) — Net trust for China among Filipinos has fallen to “bad,” a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The survey conducted from Sept. 27 to 30 found the-33 rating was nine points less than the -24 registered in June and classified as “poor” by the pollster. “This is the lowest since the bad -35 in June 2018,” the SWS said. According to the pollster, net trust in China has been positive only in […]
(Eagle News)–Almost half of Filipinos expect their personal quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, a Social Weather Stations survey found. The September 27 to 30 survey found 46% of adults expect their personal quality of life to improve next year, while 5% expect it to get worse. This gives a net personal optimists score of +41, lower than the +42 in June and +47 in March, all classified as excellent. The […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Nov. 7, said the administration’s “very good” rating in the third quarter of 2019 is proof that a “significant number” of Filipinos see beyond the “endless politicking managed by the opposition.” “The rating, classified by the independent pollster as very good, demonstrates that a significant number of our countrymen possesses discernment that can stand and see beyond the endless politicking managed by the opposition, as well as the rhetorical aspersions […]
(Eagle News)–The net satisfaction rating of the administration slightly went down in September but is still at very good, the Social Weather Stations said. The September 27 to 30 survey found 77% of adult Filipinos were satisfied, 11% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 10% dissatisfied with the general performance of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government, for a net satisfaction rating of +67. This is 6 points below the record-high excellent +73, or 82% satisfied, 9% dissatisfied, in […]
(Eagle News)–Fewer families consider themselves poor, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The survey, conducted from September 27 to 30, found 42% of families, or an estimated 10.3 million families, consider themselves as such, a decline from the 45%, or the estimated 11 million families that rated themselves as such in June. According to the SWS, this is a 7-point bounce from the record-low 38%, or an estimated 9.5 million families,in March. The survey […]
Bersamin gets moderate rating (Eagle News)–Net satisfaction ratings for the top four highest-ranking government officials after President Rodrigo Duterte ranged from very good to moderate, the Social Weather Stations survey said. The SWS survey conducted from September 27 to 30 pegged Senate President Tito Sotto’s at very good, with +61, while Vice President Leni Robredo’s was at good, with +33. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s rating with SWS was at a “good” +49, while Chief Justice […]
