Almost 40% of Filipinos 'dissatisfied' with performance of migrant worker dept — survey

An overseas Filipino worker has her temperature taken prior to checking in at the counters of the NAIA-1 departure area yesterday(May 29, 2021).

Krizjohn Rosales, file

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a fourth of Filipinos are unsatisfied with the performance of the new Department of Migrant Workers half a year into the Marcos administration, new survey results published by a think tank Friday suggest. 

Per the OCTA Research group's Tugon ng Masa survey for the fourth quarter of 2022, 36% of interviewees said they were dissatisfied with the department's work. Only 10% said they were satisfied with it.

It was followed by the Department of Trade and Industry at 16% dissatisfaction and the Department of Energy at 15%. Both the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Transportation received 12% dissatisfaction. No other national government agency breached the ten percent mark. 

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