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Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RRK68qplpJU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - <strong>(2ND UPDATE) </strong>President Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III kept their positive approval and trust ratings in the last quarter of 2017, a Pulse Asia survey released Monday shows.</p><p>Most Filipinos remain &quot;appreciative&quot; of the work done by Duterte (80 percent), Robredo (59 percent), and Pimentel (57 percent) in the last few months of 2017, the pollster said in its quarterly report on the performance and trust ratings of top government officials and key government institutions.</p><p>These key officials are also &quot;trusted by most of their constituents,&quot; it said, with Duterte receiving &#x27;big trust&#x27; from 82 percent of the respondents, Robredo 58 percent, and Pimentel 53 percent.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s scores were only slightly higher than those received by his predecessor, former President Benigno Aquino III, around the same time, said Pulse Asia President Ronald Holmes.</p><p>&quot;We will see in this year because normally we see changes in the performance and trust ratings of the President coming in to an election year,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s News Now.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s scores show that the &quot;people are aware of and recognize the significant strides the President undertook in his one year and a half in office,&quot; his spokesperson said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/08/pulse-latest-tbl1.jpg"/></figure></div><p>&quot;We assure our people he will continue to discharge his duties with the nations’ interests foremost in his mind. We thus call on everyone to put this appreciation into action by standing as one and helping the government as we continue to address the problems of poverty, illegal drugs, criminality and corruption,&quot; Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque told reporters.</p><p>Robredo had &quot;insignificant&quot; changes in her scores, which could be attributed to a &quot;lack of information&quot; as to what she has been doing, among others, said Holmes.</p><p>Meanwhile, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez received almost the same approval and indecision ratings (42 percent and 37 percent respectively) as well as trust and indecision scores (37 percent and 43 respectively). </p><p>Ambivalence (40 percent) was the plurality sentiment toward the performance of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, while practically the same percentages of Filipinos either distrust her or express indecision on the matter of trusting or distrusting her (33 percent and 38 percent, respectively).</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/08/pulse-latest-tbl2.jpg"/></figure></div><div><strong>HIGHEST DISAPPROVAL, DISTRUST</strong></div><p>Pulse Asia noted that among the top government officials, it is Sereno who received the highest disapproval and distrust ratings at 26 percent and 33, respectively.</p><p>Holmes said indecision on the performance and trust ratings of the Speaker and the Chief Justice are traditionally higher than the other officials since they are not as &quot;nationally prominent.&quot;</p><p>Strong majority scores for a Speaker were notably seen in the two instances of impeachment trials, he said.</p><p>He added, the slide in Sereno&#x27;s numbers may continue &quot;until such time that the Chief Justice would be able to present her own side&quot; in the ongoing impeachment hearings.</p><p>&quot;Much of what has been presented in the Committee on Justice have come from both the complainant...there have also been testimonies from justices of the Supreme Court, which do not necessarily put the Chief Justice in a good light,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;As the committee hearings proceed, once the side of the Chief Justice, once the (pieces of) evidence in support of the Chief Justice would be presented, this might tick the balance in favor of the Chief Justice,&quot; he added.</p><p>The nationwide survey had 1,200 representative adults and conducted on December 10-15 and 17 last year. The survey has a +/- 3 percent error margin at the 95 percent confidence level.</p><p>During this time, the Congress ratified the tax reform bill, extended martial law in Mindanao, and heard an impeachment complaint against Sereno. </p><p>News about the suspension of the Department of Health&#x27;s dengue vaccination program and succeeding congressional investigations also made headlines after the drug manufacturer admitted that it should not be given to individuals if they have never been infected with dengue since it might lead to more severe symptoms in some cases. </p>

<p>MANILA - (2ND UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III kept their positive approval and trust ratings in the last quarter of 2017, a Pulse Asia survey released Monday shows.</p>

MANILA - (2ND UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III kept their positive approval and trust ratings in the last quarter of 2017, a Pulse Asia survey released Monday shows.

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Duterte keeps high trust, approval ratings - Pulse

Trishia Billones,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 08, 2018 11:10 AM PHT

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Updated June 14, 2019 03:10 PM PHT

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