Malapitan leads Caloocan public trust survey – SWS

Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan. Facebook photo

MANILA, Philippines — Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan led the public trust survey of selected personalities in the city, according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The survey conducted by SWS from February 10 to 13, 2025 was commissioned by a certain Salvador Policarpio. 

Malapitan, who is also seeking reelection in the 2025 midterm elections, topped mayoral aspirant and former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, in the survey.

The incumbent mayor retained his 75 plus net trust rating from the October 2024 and February 2025 surveys.

Meanwhile, Trillanes garnered a negative 22 net trust rating in February 2025 and a negative 10 in the October 2024 survey.

For the February 2025 survey, Malapitan got 83% “Much Trust”; 9% “Undecided”; and 8% “Little Trust.” On the other hand, Trillanes obtained 24% “Much Trust”; 27% “Undecided”; and 46% “Little Trust.”

The survey firm noted that the net trust is the correctly rounded difference of the Much Trust percentage and the Little Trust percentage.

The SWS used the face-to-face interview method among 1,000 registered voters of Caloocan City, aged 18 years and above. Four hundred respondents came from the 1st District, 300 from the 2nd District, and 300 from the 3rd District.

The survey had a sampling error margins of ±3 percent for Total Caloocan City, ±5 percent for the 1st District, and ±6 percent for the the 2nd and 3rd districts.