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Majority of Pinoys believe gov't violated human rights under drug war

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 04:39 PM

Majority of Filipinos believe authorities committed "many" human rights abuses in its anti-narcotics campaign, an independent Social Weather Stations poll released Sunday showed. Read more »

Quake rattles Puerto Rico but no injuries reported

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 01:38 AM

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook Puerto Rico Monday, toppling houses and causing power outages and small landslides but there were no reports of casualties. Read more »

96 pct of Pinoys 'entering 2020 with hope, instead of fear': SWS

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 12:00 PM

Nearly all Filipinos are set to enter 2020 "with hope," according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Saturday, 3 days before the turn of the decade. Read more »

8 in 10 Pinoys satisfied with drug war: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 01:41 PM

Eight in 10 Filipinos remained satisfied with the government's anti-narcotics campaign, despite doubts on lawmen's account of the deaths of thousands of drug suspects, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Sunday. Read more »

Trust, approval ratings nina Duterte, Robredo tumaas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 10:15 PM

Tumaas pa ang trust at approval ratings nina Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, at iba pang opisyal ng bansa batay sa pinakahuling survey ng Pulse Asia. Read more »

Earthquake rattles Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indian Kashmir

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 09:36 PM

The magnitude 6.1 quake was centered in mountainous Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, at a depth of 210 kilometers, the US Geological Survey said. Read more »

Nearly half of Pinoys expect more prosperous holiday season: survey

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 12:55 PM

Forty-eight percent of 1,200 adults surveyed by Pulse Asia from Dec. 3 to 8 believe the holiday will be more prosperous for them and their families, said the pollster.  Read more »

Canadian view of China worsens as row drags into second year

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 05:04 AM

Canadians have soured on China, according to a poll released Wednesday, as a diplomatic crisis over tit-for-tat detentions of a Chinese tech executive and two Canadians drags into a second year. Read more »

'Karamihan ng mga Pinoy di nakabibili ng gamot dahil mahal'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 09:28 PM

Karamihan ng mga Pilipino ang hindi nakabibili ng mga resetang gamot dahil masyadong mahal ang mga ito, ayon sa Ulat ng Bayan ng Pulse Asia. Read more »

Majority of Filipinos says ties with US more important than China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 11:41 AM

Majority or 78 percent of Filipinos find the country's ties with the US "more important" is than its relationship with China, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Saturday.   Read more »

70 percent of Pinoys worried about rising number of Chinese workers in PH: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 10:30 PM

Majority of Filipinos are concerned about the rising number of foreign Chinese workers in the country, according to a Social Weather Stations poll. Read more »

Pag-angat ng kalidad ng edukasyon tututukan kasunod ng PISA results: DepEd

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 08:31 PM

Patuloy na tututukan ng Department of Education kung paano mapabubuti ang kalidad ng edukasyon kasunod ng pagiging kulelat ng mga estudyanteng Pilipino sa math, science at reading comprehension sa isang assessment na nilahukan ng 79 na bansa. Read more »

Mga mag-aaral na Pinoy, pinakamahina sa 79 bansa sa pag-intindi ng binabasa: PISA

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 01:48 AM

Pinakamababa sa 79 bansa ang nakuhang marka ng mga Filipinong mag-aaral sa reading comprehension o pag-intindi sa binabasa, base sa resulta ng isang assessment na isinagawa ng Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Read more »

More Filipinos jobless in 3rd quarter of 2019: SWS

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 02:56 PM

The number of jobless Filipino adults climbed to 21.5 percent in the third quarter of 2019 as an estimated 10 million adults identified themselves as unemployed, according to a recent Social Weather Survey study, released Saturday. Read more »

Drug addicts, burglars still worry Filipinos despite crime drop: survey

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 31 10:06 AM

MANILA—Fewer Filipinos reported falling victim to common crimes such as street robberies and car thefts nationwide in the past 6 months, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Wednesday showed. Read more »

Chinese ship heads away from Vietnam after disputed surveys in South China Sea

Reuters
Posted at Oct 24 01:41 PM

A Chinese oil survey vessel that has been embroiled in a tense standoff with Vietnamese vessels in the South China Sea left Vietnamese-controlled waters on Thursday after more than 3 months, marine data showed.  Read more »

Fewer Filipinos go hungry in July-Sept: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 01:25 PM

Fewer Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger from July to September compared to the previous quarter, according to a survey released by the Social Weather Stations on Wednesday.  Read more »

Earthquake hits Japan; no tsunami warning issued: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 07:04 PM

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the preliminary magnitude is at 5.7, and its seismic intensity scale at 4. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Hot seat for the top cop

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 04:00 AM

Here are the big stories making the headlines on ANC today: Read more »

Duterte satisfaction rating slightly down but still 'very good': SWS

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 09:33 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte maintained his "very good" satisfaction rating in the third quarter, a Social Weather Stations survey revealed Wednesday. Read more »