Most Filipinos okay Boracay closure

Inquirer.net 07/01/2018

SWS SURVEY At least 64 percent of Filipinos are supportive of the government’s decision to close and rehabilitate Boracay island, with most of them also supporting President Rodrigo Duterte, a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey said.…

59% of Filipinos want career over love life

Inquirer.net 02/13/2018

More than half of Filipinos said they would choose career over love life, a nationwide Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey taken in the last quarter of 2017 showed. In poll results bared on Tuesday, the SWS said…

Smart brings Sinulog closer to Filipinos

PR 01/22/2018

SMART Communications Inc. provided the Filipinos all over the world front row seats to the Sinulog Festival via livestreaming. Those who were not able to make it to Cebu City were still able to participate in the…

Aquino insults the intelligence of the Filipinos on Dengvaxia

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 12/21/2017

With P3.5 billion pesos in government funds wasted and with 830,000 children’s lives in danger because of a failed dengue immunization program, it is a great insult to the intelligence of the Filipino people if no one…

8.9M Filipinos remain jobless in Q3 of 2017

Inquirer.net 12/14/2017

  About 8.9 million Filipino adults remained jobless in the third quarter of 2017, according to a recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The survey, conducted from September 23 to 27, showed that 18.9…

Palace tells Filipinos, foreign nationals: PH is generally safe

Inquirer.net 11/04/2017

Malacañang on Saturday assured the public and foreign travelers that there are no heightened terror threats in the Philippines and maintained that it is generally safe to stay and do business in the country. “The Philippine government…

Taiwan approves visa-free status for Filipinos

Inquirer.net 09/28/2017

Filipinos may soon travel to Taiwan without paying visa fees after the Taiwanese government approved visa-free privileges for Philippine nationals. Taiwan Premier Lai Ching-te has approved the plan to give visa-free status to citizens of the Philippines,…

Majority of Filipinos do not believe PNP’s ‘nanlaban’ claim

Inquirer.net 09/27/2017

Police were quick to tell that suspects were killed during anti-illegal drug operations because they resisted arrest or fought back with authorities. But in the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), majority of Filipinos…

Revisiting a visit

Radel Paredes 08/26/2017

Just when we thought that we Filipinos have already gotten numbed at even the recent surge of killings as part of the stepped-up Oplan Double Barrel, the second phase of the government’s bloody war on drugs, many…

DFA: No Filipino hurt in Finland knife attack

Inquirer.net 08/20/2017

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said there were no Filipinos hurt in the Finland knife attack that left two people dead. “We condemn any act that seeks to undermine peaceful and tolerant societies,” Foreign Affairs…

 Filipinos can’t afford to lose on drug war

Atty. Ruphil Bañoc 08/17/2017

I remember a line of our chant every time we had a road run in our ROTC subject back in my college days. That chant was copied from US marine soldiers’ chant when they had their jogging…

China opens opportunities to Filipinos as English teachers

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/15/2017

Beijing — Emalyn Ceniza Jiang, 31, taught English as a part-time teacher from 2013 to 2014 in Daan, Jilin province, with a monthly pay of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan (between Php 20,000 to Php 27,000). But it…

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