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(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno suffered a dip in her net satisfaction ratings as she falls to a personal “record-low” of a negative seven “neutral” rating this first quarter, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Sereno’s ratings had a “double digit decline” in the March 2018 survey, down by 13 points from the +6 rating which she had in December 2017. This is already 6 […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 12, welcomed the recent results of a Social Weather Stations survey that said that 70 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance. He said based on the results, “public confidence” has “remained “high notwithstanding matters and concerns the government is handling.” “This would further inspire the President, along with the members of his Cabinet, to work double time in bringing the fruits of sustained […]
(Eagle News) –Seventy percent of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance, according to a latest survey of the Social Weather Stations. The pollster said that the figure translates to a net satisfaction rating of +56, which is 2 points below the very good +58 in December 2017. The new rating of +56 is classified by the SWS as very good. Based on the results of the survey done from March 23 to 27, 17% were undecided, while 14% were dissatisfied […]
(Eagle News) — Many Filipinos are worried that the current tension between the United States and North Korea will escalate into an armed conflict, the Social Weather Stations said. According to the pollster, based on its December 2017 survey, a whopping 84 percent expressed this concern. Sixteen percent were not worried, 12% were not too worried, and 4% were not worried at all, the SWS said. The survey also found that 88 percent were worried that the Philippines would […]
(Eagle News) — More than half of Filipinos said their families were safer now than six months ago, a Social Weather Stations survey said. The survey–conducted from December 8 to 16— found that the 57% of Filipino adults nationwide who said the safety of their family was better now increased by 7 points since September. Almost 40%–36 % to be exact—said the safety of their family now was the same as before, while 6% said it […]
Job availability net optimism at record-high “excellent,” pollster says (Eagle News) — The joblessness rate dropped in the fourth quarter of 2017, the lowest recorded since 2004, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The 15.7 percent joblessness rate was 3.2 points below the 18.9 percent recorded in September 2017, and 5.9 points above the lowest rate recorded since March 2004, based on results from the survey done from December 8 to 16, 2017. The SWS […]
(Eagle News) — The average hunger rate for all quarters of 2017 was the lowest recorded since 2004, the Social Weather Stations said. The SWS said the rate of 12.3% was one point below the 13.3% recorded in 2016, and a bit higher than the 11.8 percent recorded in 2004. The lowest average hunger rate was recorded in June 2017, at 9.5 percent. According to the SWS, in the last quarter of December 2017, 15.9% experienced involuntary […]
(Eagle News)– One out of three Filipino families have escaped poverty, the latest Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the pollster’s Fourth Quarter 2017 poll done on December 8-16, 2017, 31% who transitioned out of poverty consists of 7% who used to be poor five or more years ago (“usually non-poor”), and 14% who used to be poor 1 to 4 years ago (“newly non-poor”). According to the SWS, the figure for December 2017 […]
(Eagle News) — Net trust rating in President Rodrigo Duterte rebounded to an excellent from a decline in the third quarter, based on the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The +75 net trust rating Duterte received from the survey done from December 8 to 16, 2017 was up by one grade from the +60 he got in September 2017, classified as very good; and was a rebound considering the +75 he got in June 2017, the SWS […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 50 percent of Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The survey held from December 8 to 16, 2017 yielded a 4-point increase in the resulting net personal optimism score from the rating in September last year. The SWS said the December rating, +46, “matches the record-high level that was first achieved in June 2016.” It is classified as […]
(Eagle News) – Up to 70 percent of Filipinos nationwide believe that President Rodrigo Duterte performed better as the country’s president, so far in the past one year and a half that he is in office, compared to former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s full six year term. This was according to the latest survey of the Social Weather Station based on a poll conducted from December 8, 2017 to December 16, 2017. Based […]
(Eagle News)– The Palace on Saturday welcomed the results of a latest Social Weather Stations survey saying that a whopping 96 percent of Filipinos were hopeful for 2018. “We are pleased…This figure is considered a record-high,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. In a statement, Roque said there were indeed many reasons to be hopeful. He said the country, for instance, was given a positive economic outlook by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings. He also […]
