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President Rodrigo Duterte received an approval rating of 80 percent and trust rating of 82 percent in an "Ulat ng Bayan" survey conducted by Pulse Asia from December 10 to 15 and 17 in 2017. The chief executive's approval and trust ratings are also evenly spread across socio-economic classes, earning 77 percent (Class ABC), 79 percent (Class D), 85 percent (Class E) for approval ratings and 78 percent (Class ABC), 80 percent (Class D), and 85 percent (Class E) for trust scores. While the President has majority approval ratings and trust figures across all geographic locations, Mindanao has the highest evaluation of Duterte as respondents there gave him a 93 percent approval score and 94 percent trust rating. President Rodrigo Duterte's trust and approval ratings remain at an all-time high in December 2017, maintaining numbers that made him so far the most approved and trusted President in nearly a decade. Issues Fourteen issues preoccupied Filipinos during

Aquino admitted meeting with Officials of french firm Sanofi Pasteur, the manufacturer of Dengvaxia,at the sidelines of the COP21 conference in Paris in 2015. VACC asked the committee to probe Aquino, EX-DBM Secretary Florencio Abad, EX-DOH Secretary Janet Garin, and othe officials for plunder over the purchase of Dengvaxia vaccine. Aquino said he was not aware that Sanofi had been involved in several controversiaes in the past including one in the US, when he talked with the firm's officials. Aquino refuted the insinuation that his meeting with Sanofi Pasteur caused the rush FDA approval of Dengvaxia. VACC said Sanofi OPasteur should be blacklisted from doing business in the Philippines. Dr. Antonio Dans, an epidemiologist from UP blamed "bad science" for the anti dengue vaccine mess. A Sanofi Pasteur official said they are not engaged in bad science. Thomas Triomphe of Sanofi Pasteur clrified that the follow up statement they made in relation to the healt

"Corruption is really pulling us down," President Duterte said. "On Monday, I will fire about one commission mismo. Lahat sila," Duterte said in at the 84th anniversary celebration of the Department of Labor and Employment in Malolos, Bulacan. Duterte has repeatedly said that "a whiff of corruption" would be enough for him to fire an official.   "Wala akong pakialam kung nakisali dalawa, tatlo, you have to go out. Because I do not think it will exist without your knowledge at bakit hanggang... Wala akong patawad-tawad," kahit bulong bulungan lang, o tumanggap ka you’re fired. Maging totoo. Pag natsismis ka,” he said in a speech during his visit in Malolos, Bulacan.he added. Both Sueno and Lavina were prime movers in Duterte's presidential campaign in 2016. Also in April, Duterte fired Undersecretary Maia Chiara Halmen Reina Valdez for trying to reverse National Food Authority Jason Aquino's denial of a rice importation permit.

“If my duty fall short of the expectations of the people or would have a different view of how things would be run, I’ll accept it. I can go to prison even. What I’m afraid of is the wrath [of] God. It’s always God that counts,” President Rodrigo Duterte said. “My God says that I have to do something because God says that you were elected to really serve the people. And if I go down, I will go down. If I go up, I go up. I place myself in this. Whether I go up or I go down, I will do the things which I have to do because it is my work,” he added. “Tell me now, what is my sanctuary in the face of all this onslaught against the people? Do I kill innocent people? What will I get? You think God will like it? I will ask you,” he said in Malacañang. “You know God, if it’s really 10,000 and they are dead, why don’t you ask them? They are here already in hell. And you’ll get the true answer. And you say, ‘Why are you dead? What’s wrong with you? For what?’” he said. Earlier this week,

According to the DOH, more than 733,000 public school children 9 years old and above in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon received three doses of the world's first dengue vaccine. The project was started during the term of then-Health Secretary Janette Garin in April 2016 In response, Garin said the vaccination program was implemented based on recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO). "The dengue vaccination program plan started even before my time. We implemented it in accordance with WHO guidance and recommendations. Even before the official release of the SAGE, there were ongoing meetings and consultations between experts, WHO and DOH technical officials," Garin said in a text message. SAGE is the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization.  SAGE is the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization. "We fully cooperated and consulted with WHO prior to the implementation of this program. With the desire to resolve th

She hit out her accusers, saying allegations against her were just lies being hurled by some people who refused to accept the reforms she has instituted at the Supreme Court. She also said she would not give in to pressures from those who want to tilt the balance of power by weakening the judiciary. “If there are people who wanted me out because of anger or hatred, what about our youth? What message would it bring if I resign?” she asked. The chief justice also attended a Mass yesterday offered by her supporters—mostly officials from the previous administration. Sereno has refused to attend the hearings and the House committee on justice has barred her lawyers from cross examining witnesses, saying the chief justice herself should do that. Sereno made the statements following the testimony of Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro in the House justice committee that provided the missing element of personal knowledge in the complaint of lawyer Lorenzo Gadon. Associa