VOL. 8 ISSUE 194 • THURSDAY-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 - 26, 2015
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Driver dies as car falls from hospital’s parking building P2
RODY GAINS
Duterte camp claims increase in ratings despite no. 4 spot in recent survey
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CURIOUS CHRISTMAS. Two curious young kids check out the Christmas tree made by the employees of the city government of Davao on display near City Hall. Lean Daval Jr. DEADLY FALL. A photo posted on the Facebook page of the Davao City Public Safety and Security Command Center shows the car that fell from the parking building of Davao Doctors Hospital yesterday. The valet driver, identified as Ricky Diolela, died in the incident. From the Davao City’s Public Safety and Security CC /911/TMC Support Group Facebook page
By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
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S with the Pulse Asia survey revealed the other day, the camp of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte said the result of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Wednesday show that the mayor’s ratings rose even though he is in fourth place. In a Facebook post yesterday, Duterte’s spokesperson Peter T. Laviña said the mayor’s ratings increased by nine percent from 11 percent in September to 20 percent in December. “This gives us more inspiration to work harder,
fully aware that the road to change is truly not easy,” he said. The latest SWS survey for Presidential candidates show that Senator Grace Poe and Vice President Jejomar Binay are tied in the top spot with 26 percent. They are followed by Mar Roxas with 22 percent and Duterte with 20 percent, while Miriam Defensor Santiago was at 4 percent. The survey was conducted from December 12 to 14, 2015 using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 registered voters with 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance of Luzon, Visayas, and
Mindanao. In a statement in its website, SWS said there was a sampling error margin of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Balance of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The question asked for the Presidential preferences was “among the names found in this list, who will you probably vote for as PRESIDENT of the Philippines, if elections were held today?” For the Vice-Presidential race, Senator Chiz Escudero leads with 30 percent, followed by Leni Robredo and
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos who are tied with 19 percent, and Alan Peter Cayetano with 17 percent. Laviña said Duterte also does not mind being in the fourth spot because it is actually the mayor’s Christmas wish to place at the bottom of the surveys. “The SWS survey is now out placing Rody Duterte at No. 4. Ha ha ha the mayor got his Christmas wish to be placed at the bottom,” he said. “There are tricks, twists and turns. However, never be afraid of the future; God is already there,” he added.