Aquino trust rating still high, survey finds

Reports of massive graft and corruption and the government’s slow response to the unprecedented disaster in the Visayas region failed to dent the popularity of President Benigno Aquino 3rd, whose trust ratings remain high, according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) latest survey.

Of the 1,550 Filipinos interviewed from December 11 to 16, 69 percent said they were generally satisfied with Aquino’s performance, while 21 percent were not. Although the President’s satisfaction score gained one point, dissatisfaction gained two points from last quarter’s survey.