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The poll, conducted from March 26 to 29, also found 42% of Filipinos saying the quality of their lives will stay the same, and 6% saying it will worsen. Eleven percent of the 1,200 respondents did not give an answer.
The poll conducted from March 26 to 29 asked 1,200 adults: “Comparing your quality of life these days to how it was 12 months ago, would you say that your quality of life is better now than before, same as before, or worse now than before?”
Migrant Works Secretary Susan Ople said the Philippines and Saudi Arabia discussed the possibility of a special hiring program “to address the labor needs” of the Gulf state.
“This would require drilling of wells and substantial subsea work to tie back the new production wells into the existing Malampaya production facilities,” Department of Energy Undersecretary Alessandro Sales said in a news conference Saturday.
The COVID-19 positivity rate—or the percentage of people testing positive for the virus among those tested—in Metro Manila continues to increase, as monitoring by OCTA Research showed that it reached 25.4% on May 13.