6 senatorial candidates slugging it out for last 3 slots
Nine administration and three opposition candidates are leading the race for the Senate, according to the final preelection poll taken by the Social Weather Stations on May 2 and 3.
Nine administration and three opposition candidates are leading the race for the Senate, according to the final preelection poll taken by the Social Weather Stations on May 2 and 3.
Joblessness in the country worsened in the first quarter of the year, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found, with an economist tracing the rise in unemployment rate to fresh graduates joining the labor pool.
Team PNoy senatorial bet Cynthia Villar said she was “humbled” and “overwhelmed” by the support she has been getting as shown by the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey, which put her between third to fourth spot.
For the first time since the campaign began, political neophyte Nancy Binay, one of the biggest buyers of prime time TV ads, has broken into the third to fourth spot of the senatorial race, according to a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations on April 13-15.
Reelectionist Sen. Francis Escudero offered no excuses for his slide in the latest survey by Social Weather Stations that saw him landing in fifth place this month, down from first place in August last year.
This was the reaction of the communications chief of the Archdiocese of Manila and several Catholic bishops to a finding of a recent survey that there was a huge drop in the percentage of Filipinos going to Mass.
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.
Former Sen. Ramon “Jun” Magsaysay, Jr., has admitted being disappointed with the latest survey results of the Social Weather Stations but expressed optimism that his yet-to-be-released media placements and an intensified campaign effort would cause him to make it to winner’s circle next month.
Former Las Piñas Representative Cynthia Villar was elated on Tuesday by her big leap in the latest survey by the Social Weather Station (SWS), from 8th to 9th in January to 4th place this February.
What’s wrong with President Aquino fielding senatorial candidates from powerful political families?
For the first time in recent history, the country’s Roman Catholic bishops have come out with a pastoral statement denouncing political dynasties, powerful and influential families in the government and vowing to support any popular initiative to pass a law that would put an end to them.
Political dynasties loom large in the results of a pre-election survey on the senatorial race.
After a double-digit rebound in August, President Benigno Aquino III’s net satisfaction rating dropped in December, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
