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SENATORS Manuel Villar Jr. and Benigno Aquino III are the most trusted presidential candidates, according to a Pulse Asia survey. The survey, taken from Jan. 22 to 26, shows Villar and Aquino with trust ratings of 70 and 64 percent, respectively. Among the vice presidential bets, the most trusted are Senators Manuel A. Roxas II

PULSE Asia’s score card based on their Jan. 22 – 26 nationawide survey among 1,800 respondents with a +/-2 margin. The top 12: 1. Bong Revilla 2. Jinggoy Estrada 3. Pia Cayetano 4. Frank Drilon 5. Miriam Santiago 6. Juan Ponce Enrile 7. Ralph Recto 8. Serge Osmeña 9. Tito Sotto 10. Lito Lapid 11.

WITH about four months to go before the May 10, 2010 elections, presidential candidates Sen. Benigno C. Aquino (Liberal Party) and Sen. Manuel  B. Villar (Nacionalista Party) are tied in first place in the latest Pulse Asia survey. In the survey conducted nationwide Jan. 22 to 26 among 1,800 respondents,  Aquino gained the votes of 

RELATIVES of 13 journalists slain in the Nov. 23 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao filed on Tuesday a landmark suit before the newly established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to hold the Philippine government accountable for the carnage. Their  23-page “preliminary request” urges the Jakarta-based AICHR to call on the Philippine government to ensure

Aquino lead over Villar down to 7 per cent Roxas widens lead over Legarda by 21 points; Binay improves numbers Revilla, Cayetano, Estrada, Defensor-Santiago post early lead in Senate race These are the highlights of the Social Weather Station survey conducted  last January 21 up to 24 among 2,100 nationwide. The survey was commissioned by

A SAUDI-BASED blog by an overseas Filipino worker won the top award in the  2009 Pinoy Expat/OFW Blog Awards. The awarding ceremonies was held at the Philamlife Auditorium last Dec. 27. The winners: 1.Isla de Nebz (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) http://isladenebz.blogspot.com/2009/07/peba-entry-where-my-ofw-dollars-go.html 2.Pink Tarha Girls (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) http://thepinktarha.blogspot.com/2009/08/ang-tunay-na-katas-ng-saudi.html

NINE out of 10 business establishments in the “information economy” in the country use computers, and eight in 10 use the Internet in their business operations, preliminary results of a government survey on information and communication technology show. However, less than half of the employees (43 percent) routinely use computers and even fewer—only three in

THREE in five adult Filipinos expect a happy Christmas this year, one in 10 think it will be sad, and one in four says it will be neither, according to the Social Weather Stations’ Dec. 5 to 10 poll. The research organization said more Filipinos used to expect a happy Christmas—82 percent in 2002 and

SEN. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar and former President Joseph Estrada are leading in the presidential race, according to the Dec. 5-10 pre-election survey of BusinessWorld and the Social Weather Stations. The survey also found Senators Manuel Roxas and Loren Legarda leading in the ice presidential race. In the Senate race,

WITH less than five months before the May 10 elections, Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” C. Aquino III maintains his sizable lead even as three other contenders improved their numbers, Pulse Asia’s December 2009 survey showed. Pulse Asia asked 2,000 respondents on Dec. 8 to 10: “Of the people in the list, whom would

By JOSEPH ARNEL DELIVERIO Sibugay Express and VERA Files MORO National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari will question the legality of the recent oil exploration and drilling in the Sulu Sea, saying such activities should be coursed through the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and not through the national government. Misuari issued the statement during

DESPITE the string of natural disasters that struck the country, more Filipinos expect a more prosperous Christmas this year than a year ago, and a big majority is looking forward to 2010 with hope, a Pulse Asia survey said. The research organization’s October 22 to 30 poll found 29 percent of its 1,800  adult respondents