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Noynoy doesn’t buy transition promise
Mar 12th
SURIGAO DEL NORTE , Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) presidential bet Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III yesterday warned that President Arroyo’s assurance of a smooth turnover to the next president may be a hollow one.
Aquino said there are indications that Mrs. Arroyo could have been making decisions to ensure her stay in power beyond her [...]
Kris helps brother Noynoy woo Zamboanga City vote
Mar 11th
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Thousands of supporters, some of them clad in yellow, went wild as showbiz celebrity Kris Aquino took the stage Wednesday night at the Joaquin F. Enriquez sports complex in this famed port city of the South.
But Kris, clad in a black top with a small yellow map of the Philippines printed on the side, [...]
Villar statistically tied with Noynoy in new SWS survey
Mar 10th
Senators Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III and Manuel Villar Jr. continued to engage in a neck and neck race for the country’s top post, and were statistically tied two months before the May 10 elections, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
The SWS poll, commissioned by BusinessWorld, showed that while Aquino remained the top [...]
Villar, Noynoy enjoy Pinoys’ trust: survey
Feb 24th
MANILA, Philippines – Among the present crop of presidential candidates, only Senators Manny Villar Jr. and Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III enjoy majority trust ratings from Filipino voters, the latest Pulse Asia survey showed Wednesday.
The January 22-26 survey showed that 70% of Filipinos had much trust for Villar, compared to 64% for Aquino. Eighteen percent of voters said they were undecided about Villar while 23% said the same for Aquino. Both candidates had the same percentage of voters (12%) saying that they had little trust for the two candidates.
Aquino and Villar were statistically tied in the last presidential survey conducted by Pulse Asia last January 22 -26. Thirty-seven percent of Filipino voters said they would vote for Aquino in the presidential election while 35% said they chose Villar. (Read: Aquino, Villar tied in Pulse Asia survey)
All the other presidential candidates registered lower trust ratings among voters, including former President Joseph Estrada (33%), former Defense Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro (32%), Sen. Richard Gordon (26%), JIL founder Bro. Eddie Villanueva (15%), Sen. Jamby Madrigal (14%), financial consultant Vetallano Acosta (5%), Olongapo councilor JC de los Reyes (4%) and environmentalist Nicanor Perlas (4%).
The survey showed that public assessment of the trustworthiness of administration candidate Teodoro is divided with 36% of Filipinos ambivalent on the matter and 31% distrusting him.
Unlike Villar and Aquino, the other candidates had higher distrust ratings than their trust ratings: Estrada (37%), Gordon (34%), Villanueva (53%), Madrigal (47%), Acosta (51%), de los Reyes (50%) and Perlas (54%).
Among the vice-presidential candidates, only Senators Manuel Roxas II and Loren Legarda are trusted by most Filipinos (73% and 61%). On the other hand, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay is enjoying big trust from 44% of Filipino voters.
Other vice-presidential candidates registered higher distrust ratings than trust ratings including former Optical Media Board chairman Edu Manzano (20% – trust, 45% – do not trust), former MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando (18% – trust, 46% – do not trust), TV personality Jay Sonza (10% – trust, 57% – do not trust), former SEC Chairman Perfecto Yasay (8% – trust, 58% – do not trust), Jun Chipeco Jr. (5% – trust, 52% – do not trust).
The Pulse Asia survey used a probability sample of 1,800 adults. Pulse Asia’s nationwide survey has a ± 2% error margin at the 95% confidence level. Subnational estimates for the geographic areas covered in the survey have the following error margins at 95% confidence level: ± 6% for Metro Manila, ±4% for the rest of Luzon and ±5% for each of Visayas and Mindanao.
Noynoy regains lead over Villar in new survey
Feb 20th
MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III has regained the lead over Sen. Manuel Villar in the latest presidential survey conducted January 28-February 3 by Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS).
According to the TNS survey obtained by ABS-CBN News’ Ces Oreña Drilon, Aquino was chosen by 41.54% of 3,000 respondents while Villar was picked by 30.63%.
TNS is a global market research firm with an office in the Philippines.
Aquino and Villar were statistically tied in a Pulse Asia survey conducted from January 22 -26, or around a week before the TNS survey, with the Liberal Party bet garnering 37% and the Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer getting 35%. (Read: Aquino, Villar tied in Pulse Asia survey)
Third in the Jan. 28-Feb. 3 TNS survey was former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) with 11.66%, statistically the same as in the last Pulse Asia survey where he got 12%.
Administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD was fourth with 5.21%, the same as in the last Pulse Asia survey.
Bro. Eddie Villaneuva got 2%, Senator Richard Gordon got 1.7%, Senator Jamby Madrigal got 0.22%, also statistically the same as what they received in the January 22 to 26 Pulse Asia survey.
The TNS survey was done around a week after a heated controversy over Villar’s ethics case erupted in the Senate, which could be one reason for the changes in the ratings of the two leading presidential candidates.
The Senate committee of the whole’s report accusing Villar of unethical conduct in connection with the C-5 road extension project was taken up during the plenary on January 25. The committee had ordered him to return over P6 billion in government funds that were allegedly wasted for the project. (Read: Senators clash in plenary over Villar ethics case)
On January 26, Senate President Enrile also accused Villar of trying to bribe him to change his stand on the issue. (Read: Enrile claims Villar tried to buy him off)
The Senate, however, failed to act on the report after Villar’s supporters failed to show up on the last session day of the 14th Congress.