#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Q: Where do I go to apply as a voter? A: To apply as a voter, you need to go to the City/Municipal Comelec office where you reside. So, if you work in Quezon City, but reside in Hagonoy, Bulacan, you go to the Comelec office in Hagonoy to...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Recently there was a discussion on voting systems for elections and the possibility of using online voting for future elections. Internet voting, though relatively new, was done by Comelec way back in the 2007 mid-term elections specifically, for Filipino voters...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Quoted below is the statement of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines: “The tragic death of 3-month-old Baby River highlights the need to do MORE, BETTER, FASTER in the justice sector q uoted below is the statement of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines:...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal For those wondering, overlanding is described as “a self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal As a brief background, for every clustered precinct in an automated election, there are at least five people manning the precinct. In the last national automated elections, there were 85,769 clustered precincts. So, on election day there are at least 428,845...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal I was supposed to talk today about the preparations needed for the May 9, 2022 national elections. But I’ll set that aside for October 7, and instead, I’d like to talk about something whose time has come, which is, the need to require cyclists to wear a...
#ASKGOYO (Part 2) How do you get ready for the May 9, 2022, elections? That’s the burning question now. How do you prepare to conduct national elections in 2022? In every election, whether automated or manual (barangay elections), it becomes a national fiesta in the Philippines. Almost all...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal (Part 1) During a chat last Friday with DFA Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin about the May 9, 2022 elections, he described the importance of elections as existential to our democracy. I agree. The importance of regular general elections cannot be...
Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal #ASKGOYO Educating the youth now is totally different. Considering how the number of people infected with SARS-Cov-2 in the Philippines continues to rise, it could be some time till we go back to the normal way of educating the youth. With people trying to find ways to...
Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal #ASKGOYO During these times of uncertainty, we turn to leaders for vision to show that some good is to come. There have been several who have stepped up and implemented innovations to make life better and more convenient in dealing with government offices. One of...
Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal #ASKGOYO Last week saw the resumption of the processing of applications for voter registration all over the country. There have been some sporadic reports of some crowding outside the Comelec field offices, but a most of the reports were that there was an orderly...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal I wrote about the basic information people normally ask about when they plan to register as a voter. You can read up on those FAQs here: https://mb.com.ph/2020/08/31/are-you-ready-to-make-a-change/ One thing which I want to remind those below the age of 18, but...
