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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas is among the top regions in the Philippines with the most number of ‘sugar babies’, a study from a dating platform revealed. Malaysia-based online dating service Sugarbook, in its Gifts, Allowances…
I’ve been very lucky in my work life; never had to look for a job. I accepted an offer as research assistant at the University of the Philippines (UP), to start the day after graduation in April…
The new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey report—“47% agree it is dangerous to publish things critical of the administration; 27% are undecided, 26% disagree” (www.sws.org.ph, 5/9/23)—is meant, not for Mother’s Day tomorrow, but for World Press Freedom…
It’s nearing expiration time, more or less, for my age cohort (born in the 1940s). Monthly, if not weekly, there’s a close relative, friend, or classmate who departs for the next world. Albert F. del Rosario. First…
Subjectivity in survey data cannot be avoided. The simple act of asking a sample of people certain questions, and recording their subjective answers, entails faith that the data will be useful to you. Surveys of voters’ intentions…
MANILA, Philippines — Singapore Changi Airport reclaimed its spot as the world’s best airport, while no Philippine airport made it to the 2023 World Airport Survey’s 100 best airports across the globe. Singapore Changi Airport overtook Hamad International…
MANILA, Philippines — The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. garnered an “excellent” grade in the latest overall satisfaction survey of the Social Weather Stations. In its annual survey review published on Tuesday, February 7, the SWS…
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…
Twitter users voted in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, in a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he took over. About 57.5% votes…
There’s a lot of crowing, especially from the banking profession, about the latest report that the quarterly gross national product (GNP) grew by over 7 percent from last year. The new figures are nice to see, but…
President Marcos Jr. recently convened and presided over the first Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) meeting under his administration, with Senate President Migz Zubiri, House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez, and key Cabinet members in attendance. The…
I think of Compassionate Economics, loosely, as a science concerned with the economic well-being of the people in general. Within the textbook definition of economics as the study of the production and distribution of goods and services,…
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