Davao City mayor Sara Duterte leads VP surveys, while Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is top “second choice” presidential bet (Eagle News) – Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., led the latest Pulse Asia Survey among the 2022 presidentiables, while his running mate, Davao City mayor Sara Duterte topped the vice-presidential bets in terms of current voter preference. Marcos Jr., got 60 percent of the country’s registered voters who participated in the survey conducted from February […]
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SWS: 17% of Filipino families rated themselves “not poor” in latest poll
(Eagle News) — Seventeen percent of Filipino families rated themselves not poor in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. According to the SWS, based on the results of the poll conducted from April 28 to May 2, 2021, 49 percent, on the other hand, rated themselves as mahirap or poor, and 33 percent placed themselves on the borderline. The SWS said this was similar to its findings in November 2020 when only 16 percent felt […]
Most Filipinos still optimistic about 2021; optimism highest among youth, says PAHAYAG poll
(Eagle News) – Majority of Filipinos are still “optimistic” about the coming year, with optimism ranking higher among those aged 18 to 49, according to the PAHAYAG End-Of-the-Year survey done by Publicus Asia, Inc., a relational business and political management firm based in the Philippines. In its poll done from Dec. 3 to 9, 2020 through nationwide purposive sampling comprising of 1,500 respondents, about 75 percent or three-fourths of those surveyed said that they […]
Palace welcomes Cabinet’s “good” public satisfaction rating based on SWS survey
(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Friday, June 25, welcomed the results of the latest Social Weather Stations Survey that showed the Cabinet had a “good” public satisfaction rating. “The satisfactory rating given to the President’s Cabinet certainly is a source of inspiration for us to work harder to give full realisation to the commitment of President Rodrigo Duterte of providing comfortable life to the Filipinos,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, “complacency has no […]
SWS: 11.6 million families consider themselves poor
(Eagle News)—Fifty percent of Filipino families consider themselves as poor, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, done from December 16-19, 2018, found that the 50% translates to 11.6 million families. SWS said this is 2 points below the 52%, or the estimated 12.2 million families in September 2018. The results come after a 10-point increase in self-rated poverty over two consecutive quarters. In March, the proportion of […]
Duterte expresses dismay over resulting SWS Senate survey frontrunners
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Jan. 3, expressed dismay over the results of a recent Social Weather Stations survey on winning Senate bets in the 2019 polls, saying his bets were better choices for the people. “I don’t want to derogate others pero nakita niyo yung nanguna sa survey?” he asked. He then made a pitch for his candidates, including his former aide Bong Go, Francis Tolentino and former police chief Ronald dela Rosa, […]
SWS: Duterte trust ratings increase this Sept; highest trust rating noted among recent PHL presidents surveyed
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte’s net trust rating increased by five points this third quarter, with a +62 trust rating which is classified as “very good,” according to the latest Social Weather Survey. Last June, Duterte had a +57 net trust rating which is also classified as “very good,” the SWS said. “In the nine SWS surveys following his inauguration as President, from September 2016 to September 2018, Duterte’s net trust rating was […]
SWS: More Filipinos are satisfied with the way democracy works in PHL
(Eagle News) — More Filipinos are satisfied with the way democracy works in the country. The Third Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey found that 84 percent of Filipinos felt that way, 6 points above the 78% in March 2018. This was, however, below the record-high 86% in September 2016. The survey also found that 59 percent preferred democracy to any other kind of government, while 20 percent said that “under some circumstances, an authoritarian government can be preferable […]
PNP welcomes results of SWS survey on war on drugs
(Eagle News)—Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Sept. 24, welcomed the recent Social Weather Stations survey that showed 78 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with the government’s war on drugs. According to Albayalde, the “acknowledgment of the successful campaign against this 21st century scourge will serve to inspire and challenge us even more to wage the campaign further along with the built-in safeguards to maintain its good intentions sans irregularity or abuse.” Albayalde […]
Karamihan ng mga Pilipino, ‘di kuntento sa singil sa kuryente -Pulse Asia
(Eagle News) — Karamihan sa mga Pilipino ang hindi kontento sa pagbaba ng presyo ng kuryente sa bansa.. Batay sa resulta ng isinagawang survey ng Pulse Asia, 60 percent ng karamihan sa mga Pinoy ang hindi nasasapatan sa singil sa kanilang kuryente. Sa resulta ng ulat ng Bayan Survey, 60 percent ang nagsabing ‘di sila nasasapatan, 29 percent ang nagsabing medyo ‘di sila nasasapatan, habang 31 percent ang talagang ‘di nasasapatan. Ang nasabing survey ay […]
Pulse Asia: Majority of Filipinos oppose proposed shift to federalism
(Eagle News) — Majority of Filipinos oppose the proposed shift to a federal system of government, results of a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. The survey, conducted through interviews of 1800 respondents from June 15 to 21, said 62 percent of Filipinos are not in favor of the shift, with 34% opposing it now and in the future and 28% being against it now but may be open to it in the future. According to […]
Mas maraming Pilipino, naniniwalang seryoso ang problema sa paglaganap ng fake news – SWS
(Eagle News) — Mas maraming Pilipino ang naniniwalang seryoso ang problema sa pagkalat ng fake news. Ito ang lumabas sa pinakabagong survey ng Social Weather Stations (SWS). Nasa 42 percent ng mga Pilipino o 44 milyong pilipino ang gumagamit ng internet araw-araw at sa bilang na ito, 67 percent o 29 milyon ang nagsabing seryosong problema ang paglaganap ng fake news sa internet. 13 percent naman ang naniniwalang hindi ito seryoso habang 20 percent ang […]





