President Rodrigo Duterte started his presidency with a high trust rating of 84% according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The poll, conducted from June 24 to 27 among 1,200 adults nationwide, found that about 84% of those surveyed showed “much trust” in Duterte, 11% said they were undecided and five percent had “little trust”.
This gave Duterte a net trust rating (percentage of “much trust” minus percentage of “little trust”) of +79.
The SWS classifies net trust ratings of at least +70 as “excellent”; +50 to +69 as “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; +10 to +29, “moderate”; +9 to -9, “neutral”; -10 to -29, “poor”; -30 to -49, “bad”; -50 to -69, “very bad”; and -70 and below as “execrable.”
The president’s score represents a 53 percentage point jump and three grade surge from his May rating of 26%.
In December of 2015, the first time the SWS took a poll on Duterte’s trust rating, he was rated a “moderate” +16.
By January to February 2016, Duterte had a trust rating +13 to +17.
In March, the rating rose to +26, and a “good” +30 by April.
Duterte’s predecessor, former president Benigno Aquino 3rd, got an “excellent” +83% when he won the presidential race in 2010.
The SWS attributed the 53-point surge in Duterte’s net trust rating to increases across geographical areas and social classes.
Based on the survey, the President posted “excellent” ratings in all geographical areas.
In “Balance Luzon”, Duterte’s trust rating rose to an “excellent” +75 in June from May’s “neutral” +9.
A similar improvement was seen in Metro Manila where he got an “excellent” +78 from a +21 “moderate.”
In the Visayas, Duterte’s trust rating rose from a +17 “moderate” in May to an “excellent” +74 in June.
In Mindanao, it rose to an “excellent” +90 from a “very good” +60.
President Duterte also got “ excellent” ratings in all social classes.
The survey, first published in BusinessWorld, had sampling error margins of ±3 points for national percentages, and ±6% each for Metro Manila, Luzon areas outside the nation’s capital, the Visayas and Mindanao.
Malacanang welcomed the survey result, saying it was a “positive sign.”
“It’s a positive sign and very encouraging to know that the people trust the judgment, decisions and actions of the president,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar told reporters in a text message.
A list of new appointments by president Rodrigo Duterte containing the names of 24 new and old hands in the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and circulating in the agency has turned out to be a hoax.
The office of Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon yesterday immediately denied the existence of such list, saying “it’s a hoax.”
A check with Malacanang also showed no such presidential appointments.
The list contained the names of five new customs deputy commissioners, 13 district and sub-port collectors and 6 directors.
Among them were two former comrades of Faeldon in the former rebel Magdalo group–former captains Milo Maestrocampo and Gerardo Gambalo–who were reportedly designated as directors for Port Operations and Finance Services, respectively.
Faeldon, Maestrocampo and Gambala were among the 9 military junior officers who were dismissed from the service after they were convicted for their involvement in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny.
Also on the list was the former Western Mindanao Command chief, now retired lieutenant general Juancho Sabban as deputy commission for intelligence.
Sabban, a decorated officer, retired in March 2013.
The others were lawyer Arnel Alcaraz, deputy commissioner for enforcement group; lawyer Reynaldo Nicolas deputy commissioner for revenue collection monitoring group; lawyer Edward James Dybuco, deputy commissioner for internal administration group; Vladimir Reyes, deputy commissioner for management information system and technology group.
Lawyer Jessica Mamuri, Cebu district collector; Joey San Andres, North Harbor collector; lawyer Noah Dimaporo; Harbor Center collector; Artemio Ricarte, Batangas district collector; lawyer Aizza Gonzales, Manila International Container Port district collector; lawyer Kristen Banganan, Subic district collector; Alfredo Cruz, PEZA-Cavite collector; lawyer Kenji Ameda, Clark district collector; Fidel Villanueva, La Union district collector.
Lawyer Jelina Magsusi, Port of Manila district collector; Lilibeth Mangsal, Surigao district collector; lawyer Ding So, Ninoy Aquino International district collector; lawyer Adelina Molina, Davao district collector.
Former Southern Luzon command spokesman colone; Neil Anthony Estrella, director, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service; lawyer Alvin Ebreo, director, legal service; lawyer Divina Hernandez, director, collection service; and lawyer Julito Doria, chief, X-ray field project.
Among the bureau old-timers on the list were Nicolas, Dybuco, Mamuri, Gonzales, Villanueva, Dimaporo, So, Molina Ricarte, San Andres and Doria.
Dybuco, Molina and So were among the 12 Customs district collectors who resigned in July 2013, a day after former customs commissioner and now Muntinlupa City (Metro Manila) representative Rozzano Rufino Biazon ordered a massive reshuffle in the bureau.
Nicolas was terminated as customs deputy commissioner for assessment and operations group in 2011 for lacking the required career executive service eligibility.
The Civil Service Commission has ordered the reinstatement of Nicolas in a May 29, 2012 resolution but that order was never implemented.