SWS: Most Filipinos struggle to spot fake news

03/13/2025

MANILA, Philippines — A recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that most Filipinos see fake news as a serious problem and struggle to identify it. The survey, commissioned by Stratbase Group and released on Wednesday, revealed…

SWS survey: Erwin Tulfo, 7 other Marcos bets in Senate top 12

Jown Manalo 02/26/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Eight senatorial bets from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration slate dominated in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, the poll firm reported on Wednesday. The survey, commissioned by the Stratbase Group, was conducted…

SWS: Jobs, food, education and health top Filipinos’ concerns

Inquirer Research 02/02/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos consider job creation, food security, health care, education and workers’ rights as the top five priorities when selecting election candidates, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Conducted from Jan. 17…

Sara Duterte’s net ratings drop to lowest since 2022

08/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Two years after she won the most number of votes for any Filipino for any office in the country, Vice President Sara Duterte’s net satisfaction rating dropped to its lowest level, according to the…

Hunger rate up to 12.6 percent in December 2023

Zacarian Sarao 01/22/2024

MANILA, Philippines —The percentage of Filipino families experiencing “involuntary hunger” has increased from 9.8 percent in September 2023 to 12.6 percent in December 2023, according to the latest survey results from the Social Weather Stations (SWS). According…

Sara Duterte, Leni Robredo, Raffy Tulfo top presidential bets in 2028 — SWS survey

Faith Argosino 06/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, Senator Raffy Tulfo, and former vice president Leni Robredo were the top three candidates picked to succeed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in 2028, according to a…

Love unrequited: 30% of Filipinos feel the pain — SWS

Jean Mangaluz 02/11/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Many Filipinos are feeling the strain of unrequited love this Valentine’s Day. The survey found that one-third of Filipinos had made a love confession to a friend, but only half of those have been…

73% of Filipinos expect a happy Christmas in 2022 — SWS survey

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 12/23/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos expecting a “happy” Christmas in 2022 has increased compared to the previous year, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Friday. In its survey, just two days…

Is workers’ well-being progressing?

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 11/19/2022

Last week, I argued for a very simple, reliable, and practical indicator of Progress, with a capital P: Progress is a situation when more people say that their Quality of Life got better, than say it got…

Poverty seen from below

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 08/13/2022

The scale of poverty as seen from below, by the people, is very much larger than as seen from above, by the bureaucracy. Nearly half of household heads in the nation rate their families as Mahirap (Poor),…

More Filipinos anticipate a happy Christmas in 2021 – SWS survey

John Eric Mendoza 12/25/2021

MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos are expecting a “happy” Christmas this year, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Christmas Eve. SWS said that 65 percent of Filipinos expect a happy Christmas, which is…

11.9 million jobless Filipinos in September – SWS

Inquirer Research 12/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — About 11.9 million Filipinos were found jobless in September amid the worst surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that 24.8 percent of the labor force…

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