81% of Filipinos satisfied with life
Despite the persistence of high poverty rates in the country, at least four in every five adult Filipinos, or 81 percent, said they were satisfied with their life in December last year, a survey found.
Despite the persistence of high poverty rates in the country, at least four in every five adult Filipinos, or 81 percent, said they were satisfied with their life in December last year, a survey found.
The satisfaction ratings of top government officials slipped amid controversies surrounding the reproductive health bill and the devastation wrought by Typhoon “Pablo” in Mindanao in December, a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
Unlike President Benigno Aquino III whose public satisfaction ratings increased, other top government officials, including Vice President Jejomar Binay, saw their ratings drop slightly in the third quarter, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Based on the SWS’ 3rd Quarter Social Weather survey, conducted between September 4 and 7, Binay’s ratings decreased [...]
Despite a decrease of three percentage points from March to June in Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan survey, President Aquino’s public satisfaction rating remains at “near-historical highs,” the president’s spokesman said Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang now wants to meet with opinion writers after some columnists reacted harshly to reports that Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda had blamed them for the decline in President Benigno Aquino III’s satisfaction ratings. “We’ll keep on pushing the good news and… we need to engage the columnists more because unlike the members of the [...]
