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New SWS survey shows gains in fight vs common crimes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 08:40 PM

MANILA - A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey in June 2018 shows fewer families reporting that they were victims of any of the common crimes, such as robbery and physical violence, in the past 6 months.  Read more »

Adult unemployment at 12.5 percent in Q2: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 11:01 PM

MANILA – Adult unemployment for the second quarter of 2018 was at 12.5 percent, based on the employment definition of the Labor Force Survey (LFS), the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Monday. Read more »

Joblessness drops to 19.7% in Q2 2018: SWS

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:40 AM

MANILA - Joblessness among adult Filipinos decreased in the 2nd quarter of 2018, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Wednesday.   Read more »

Tiwala ng mga Pinoy sa ekonomiya ng bansa, bumaba

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 02:14 AM

Bumaba ang kumpiyansa ng mga Pilipino sa ekonomiya, ayon sa Consumer Expectations Survey ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Read more »

6 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump job performance: survey

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 04:06 AM

Sixty percent of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's job performance and nearly half support impeachment, according to an opinion poll published on Friday. Read more »

8 in 10 SMEs use mobile payments, automation: FedEx study

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 04:13 PM

Ninety six percent of SMEs also use e-commerce platforms which account for 52 percent of their revenue, according to the study by logistics provider FedEx in 10 Asian markets with over 4,500 respondents. Read more »

Filipino optimism over quality of life, economy remains 'excellent': SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 07:05 PM

Filipino optimism over the quality of life remained "excellent" despite a slight decline in their outlook on the economy Read more »

7 of 10 Pinoys support National ID system, SWS survey says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 01:29 AM

Majority of Filipinos support the creation of a national ID system, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Tuesday. Read more »

SC, Senate, Cabinet satisfaction ratings continue drop: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 12:13 AM

Public satisfaction ratings of the Supreme Court, Senate, and President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet continued to drop in the second quarter of the year, according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS).  Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga isyung nais matalakay ng Pinoy sa SONA 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 12:33 PM

Sa survey na ipinalabas ng Pulse Asia, pinapili ang mga respondent noong Hunyo ng tatlong isyu mula sa sampung usapin na nais ng mga ito na bigyang-diin sa SONA. Read more »

Half of Pinoys want SONA to focus on jobs, inflation - Pulse

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 11:32 AM

Half of Filipinos want President Rodrigo Duterte to focus on jobs and creations when he bares his legislative agenda in his State of the Nation Address on Monday, a major pollster said. Read more »

Majority of Pinoys say Duterte 'vulgar' in 3 occasions - SWS

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 10:44 AM

Majority of Filipinos found President Rodrigo Duterte's action vulgar when he kissed a married Filipina in South Korea, slammed United Nations officials, and lambasted priests, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) released Sunday. Read more »

Duterte's performance ratings as nation's CEO

Infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 12:29 AM

Are the Filipino people satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte's performance as the nation's CEO in the past 2 years? Read more »

Bilang ng mga pamilyang Pinoy na nagsabing mahirap sila, tumaas: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 10:58 PM

Tumaas ang bilang ng mga pamilyang Pinoy na nagsabing mahirap sila, ayon sa survey ng Social Weather Stations. Read more »

Palace: Long term solutions vs poverty underway

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 02:54 PM

The government is lining up "long-term solutions" to address poverty, Malacañang said Sunday after more Filipinos deemed themselves poor in a nationwide poll.  Read more »

More Pinoy families considered themselves poor in Q2: SWS

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 05:01 AM

MANILA - More Filipino families considered themselves poor in the second quarter of 2018, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Friday. Read more »

Most Filipinos neutral on Bangsamoro law, SWS survey says

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 21 05:02 AM

Most Filipinos are neutral towards the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in Congress, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Friday. Read more »

Palace says Marawi folk's view on Duterte's concern for Muslims ‘understandable’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 07:33 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday said it was understandable that some residents of war-torn Marawi City think President Rodrigo Duterte has no concern for Muslims.   Read more »

'2 sa bawat 3 Pinoy, tutol sa charter change'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 10:03 PM

Dalawa sa bawat tatlong Pilipino ang hindi sang-ayon na palitan ang kasalukuyang Saligang Batas, ayon sa survey na isinagawa ng Pulse Asia. Read more »

2 in 3 Filipinos against charter change now, majority oppose federalism shift: Pulse Asia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 16 12:30 PM

The poll was done on June 15 to 21, 2 weeks before President Rodrigo Duterte's consultative committee submitted the draft federal Constitution to his office. The proposal also had not been made public during the survey period. Read more »