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Almost seven in 10 Filipinos support the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte in order for her to address the allegations against her, a recent survey conducted by the OCTA Research group showed.

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NOONG Enero at Agosto 2025, lumabas sa survey ng OCTA Research na 60 hanggang 85 percent ng mga Pilipino ay walang tiwala sa China.

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A majority of Filipinos continue to distrust China, with almost eight in 10 seeing the Asian giant as the “greatest threat” to the Philippines, a survey conducted by the OCTA Research group showed.

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The Department of Agriculture  linked the sharp decline in food poverty in the fourth quarter of 2025 to the expansion of government rice programs and other food supply interventions.

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Fewer Filipinos considered themselves poor even as the hunger rate increased in the last quarter of 2025, an OCTA Research group survey showed.

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Seven in 10 Filipinos are not in favor of military intervention in political disputes, a recent survey by the OCTA Research group showed.

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Almost seven in 10 Filipinos support the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte in order for her to address the allegations against her, a recent survey conducted by the OCTA Research group showed.

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Seven in 10 Filipinos are not in favor of military intervention in political disputes, a recent survey by the OCTA Research group showed.

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