President Benigno S. “Noynoy” Aquino III made a pledge to the voters of The Philippines who elected him in a 2010 landslide to reduce long-standing and endemic corruption. If he can deliver on the promise he will increase economic freedom.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Presidential file photo) Duterte most popular post-Edsa 1 president: PUBLiCUS MANILA - Outgoing President Rodrigo R. Duterte will step down from office as "the most popular president of the post-Edsa 1 era", according to the latest PUBLiCUS survey. In PUBLiCUS' PAHAYAG Second Quarter survey conducted from June 16 to 22, results showed 75 percent of 1,500 respondents approved or strongly approved of Duterte's job performance during his six-year term. Only 10 percent of respondents said they disapproved or strongly disapproved of the President's performance since 2016. As for trust ratings, 69 percent of respondents rated their trust in Duterte as high or very high. Only 11 percent said they put little or no trust in Duterte. "Our numbers indicate that President Rodrigo Duterte will leave office as the most popular president of the post-EDSA I era. No other president who served under the 1987 Constitution has ended his or her term
MOST POPULAR. Supporters of outgoing President Rodrigo Roa Duterte flock to the Quirino Grandstand in Manila during the "Salamat PRRD" thanksgiving concert Sunday (June 26, 2022). The latest PUBLiCUS survey showed that Duterte will step down from office as "the most popular president of the post-Edsa 1 era." (Presidential photo by Karl Alonzo) MANILA - Outgoing President Rodrigo R. Duterte will step down from office as "the most popular president of the post-Edsa 1 era", according to the latest PUBLiCUS survey. In PUBLiCUS' PAHAYAG Second Quarter survey conducted from June 16 to 22, results showed 75 percent of 1,500 respondents approved or strongly approved of Duterte's job performance during his six-year term. Only 10 percent of respondents said they disapproved or strongly disapproved of the President's performance since 2016. As for trust ratings, 69 percent of respondents rated their trust in Duterte as high or very high. Only 11 percent s
Benigno Aquino, Jr., in full
Benigno Simeon Aquino, Jr., byname
Ninoy, (born November 27, 1932, Tarlac, Philippines died August 21, 1983, Manila), the chief opposition leader during the era of martial law in the Philippines (1972–81) under Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos. Aquino’s assassination in 1983 galvanized popular opposition to the Marcos government and brought his widow, Corazon Aquino, to the political forefront.
The grandson of a Philippine general and the son of a well-known politician and landowner, Aquino began his career as a journalist and then was elected mayor of Concepción in 1955, vice-governor of Tarlac province in 1959, governor of Tarlac province in 1961, Philippine senator in 1967, and national leader of the Liberal Party in 1968. Meanwhile, he had become wealthy through his marriage (1955) to the daughter of one of the largest landowners and manufacturers in the country.