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Think of the government’s economic managers as pilots guided by instruments that periodically flash important figures on a panel in front of S. Some figures appear daily, like the stock price index and the foreign exchange rate.…
In my opinion, our people, anywhere in the world, are very religious, not due to being mostly Catholic, or even due to being mostly Christian, but simply due to being Filipino. A few days ago—timed for Ash…
The start of a new year seems a good time to clarify the vision and mission of Social Weather Stations. My perspective is simply that of the oldest of the SWS veterans, where my title has been…
To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Oct. 17), the World Bank (WB) issued a Poverty and Equity Brief for the Philippines this week (https://bit.ly/PhJobsineq). It cited the government’s latest poverty number, which refers…
Last Monday, Aug. 21, SWS communications man Leo Laroza searched our website using the phrase “Ninoy Aquino.” He found two survey reports—one in 1999 on the importance of a number of 20th-century events, and another in 2011…
The dynamic story of hunger in the Philippines has just been updated by the 96th SWS survey about it since 1998: “First Quarter 2022 Social Weather Survey: Hunger rises from 11.8% to 12.2% of Filipino families,” www.sws.org.ph,…
In its file of survey questions, Social Weather Stations has two items on the state of free speech, as appraised by the Filipino people. The original item, first surveyed in what was Marcos’ final year, is on…
MANILA, Philippines — Majority of Filipinos believe it is “dangerous” to publish anything that is critical of the administration, even if it is the truth, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. According to the fourth…
MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-five percent of Filipinos expressed that they would feel comfortable in going to work in case the community quarantine has been put to an end next month, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey…
Advocates for reforms, of whatever causes, are well aware that when they take on steps leading to the goals that they aim to see happen, there is always the uncertainty of the result. But the expectation that…
If supporters of Davao City Mayor and candidate for president Rodrigo Duterte are ecstatic over the latest Social Weather Station survey that showed his popularity in Metro Manila surging to 38% in a polling taken in November…
Even before Sen. Grace Poe signed the Senate blue ribbon committee report that recommended the filing of charges against Vice President Jejomar Binay, Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) Secretary General JV Bautista had…
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