MANILA, Philippines — The number of new COVID-19 cases per day in Metro Manila could decrease to just below 500 by Valentine’s Day as the reproduction number of coronavirus cases dropped from 0.91 to 0.71, according to independent analytics group OCTA Research.
MANILA, Philippines — The daily growth rate of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila is “steadily declining,” independent analytics group OCTA Research said Saturday.
New COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR), as well as in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite Laguna and Rizal, are on a downward trend, OCTA Research said Friday.
THE number of new Covid-19 cases in the country raced past 30,000 on Monday and the independent OCTA Research Group said the virus' surge could be approaching its peak.
MANILA, Philippines — Former senator Loren Legarda, broadcast journalist Raffy Tulfo and former senator Alan Peter Cayetano led the latest pre-election Pulso ng Masa senatorial survey conducted by OCTA Research.
Conducted from Feb. 12 to 17 with 1,200 respondents from all social classes nationwide, results of the poll released yesterday showed Legarda with a 66 percent voter preference score.
Tulfo trails her with 63 percent, followed by Cayetano with 61 percent, Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri with 60 percent, former senator Chiz Escudero with 59 percent and former public works secretary Mark Villar with 56 percent.
MORE than half of Filipinos would vote for the only son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos for president, according to a poll by the OCTA Research Group.
Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. got 55% in OCTA’s Feb. 12 to 17 poll, which interviewed 1,200 adults, it said in a statement on Monday.
Vice-President Maria Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo was far behind with 15%. Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” M. Domagoso was third with 11%, followed by boxing champion and Senator Emmanuel “Manny” D. Pacquiao with 10% and Senator Panfilo M. Lacson with 3%.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 23) — The OCTA Research on Wednesday reminded the public that survey results should not be the basis for voting in the upcoming general elections in May.
“Surveys are just a snapshot. They should not be the basis of your vote," said OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye in a virtual press conference.
"Your vote should be disciplined by belief, by platform, by program, by the hopes and dreams articulated by your candidate," he pointed out. "Surveys are just supposed to provide information.”
“Just because a survey showed a particular trend at the moment, (doesn’t mean) that (it) is permanent” That trend will change," Rye added. "The trend will change the more individuals believe that what they do as citizens from now until the May elections is more important than what any survey results will show.”