PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte got a 75-percent net trust rating in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The President’s net trust rating recorded the highest increases in the Visayas (from 57 to 76 percent) and Metro Manila (from 54 to 73 percent). The President also remained popular among the poorest in society, logging in an 80-percent net trust rating in December 2017 from a mere 44 percent in September. Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. attributed the President’s high net trust rating to “his political will and pro-poor programs.”“It begins with political will. The Train law will also fund the build build build program.

Source: Manila Times January 12, 2018 16:30 UTC