MANILA, Philippines – Nearly half of Filipinos expect their lives to get better in the next 12 months, the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
The TV5-SWS Exit Poll, conducted last May 10, found that 49.7 percent of Filipinos are optimistic that their lives “will be better” in the coming 12 months while 23 percent expect their lives to be the same as last year.
A meager 1.8 percent of Filipinos expect their lives to get worse.
The remaining 25.6 percent of respondents refused to answer.
Half of Filipinos (52.5 percent) also believe that the economy “will be better” in the next 12 months.
Nineteen percent expect it to be the same while 2.5 percent expect it to get worse.
The remaining 26.1 percent of respondents could not give an answer or refused to answer.
The TV5-SWS exit poll had 52,573 respondents.
The poll was conducted in 802 voting centers nationwide, covering all provinces from Batanes to Tawi-Tawi. –Helen Flores (The Philippine Star)
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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