• The Philippines has consistently placed in Gallup's

Positive Experience Index, placing sixth in 2014 and

fifth in 2013.
Gallup's Positive Experience Index, published on its
website, showed the Philippines ranked fifth with a
score of 80, along with Singapore, Switzerland, and
Uruguay.
• Paraguay topped the list of happiest countries with a score of 89.
• On second place are Colombia, Ecuador, and Guatemala with a score of
84.
• On third place are Honduras, Panama, and Venezuela with a score of
82.
• On fourth place are Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
• Gallup conducted face-to-face interviews with people in 143 countries,
asking them if they had five positive experiences the day before the
survey.
• Gallup said: "More than 70% of people worldwide said they
experienced a lot of enjoyment, smiled or laughed a lot, felt well-rested
and felt treated with respect. Additionally, 50% of people said they
learned or did something interesting the day before the interview."
• “The Blessing Of Laughter”
• “He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your
lips with shouts of joy” (Job 8:21).
• Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues
with songs of joy” (Psalm 126:2)
• “A time to weep and a time to laugh” (Ecclesiastes
3:4).
• In 2009, the Happy Planet Index (HPI) declared the
Philippines to be the 14th most cheerful country on
earth. The HPI takes into account life expectancy at
birth, average subjective life satisfaction and
ecological footprint per capita. In 2006, the
Philippines was ranked 17 out of 178, and three
years later we were up three slots. Times don’t
seem to have gotten any easier, but hey, at least
we’re able to maintain some sort of optimism.
Could our humorous Pinoy take on life be boosting
our happiness index? Perhaps.
• (CNN Philippines) — Filipinos are among the world's happiest citizens
according to a Gallup poll released on Thursday, March 19, a day ahead
of the United Nations' International Day of Happiness.
• Gallup's Positive Experience Index, published on its website, showed the
Philippines ranked fifth with a score of 80, along with Singapore,
Switzerland, and Uruguay.
• Paraguay topped the list of happiest countries with a score of 89.
• On second place are Colombia, Ecuador, and Guatemala with a score of
84.
• On third place are Honduras, Panama, and Venezuela with a score of 82.
• On fourth place are Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
• Gallup conducted face-to-face interviews with people in 143 countries,
asking them if they had five positive experiences the day before the
survey.
• Gallup said: "More than 70% of people worldwide said they experienced
a lot of enjoyment, smiled or laughed a lot, felt well-rested and felt
treated with respect. Additionally, 50% of people said they learned or
did something interesting the day before the interview."
• It added, the index score for the world in 2014 is 71, which has been