PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said it is considering including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the government's second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot program. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that they will discuss this with the members of the Health Technology...
At least 10 percent of the registered voters overseas or 170,000 voters have already cast their votes so far, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said during a press briefing on Thursday, April 28. An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early nationals to cast votes for the May 2022...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Office for Overseas Voting said the photo showing an official ballot received by an overseas voter in New Zealand with missing candidate's name has been "deliberately edited." Photo Comelec In a statement on Monday, April 25, Comelec OFOV said, it has been...
As the month-long overseas absentee voting (OAV) for the May 2022 elections continues, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. reminded Filipinos abroad to be more vigilant and not believe everything they see on the Internet. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Screenshot from the...
Following Bayan Muna's resolution alleging that the absentee voting in Hong Kong (HK) were “chaotic and disorganized,” Consulate General of the Philippines in HK Consul General Raly L. Tejada denied the claims made by the party-list. (Photo courtesy of Raly Tejada/ Philippine Consulate General...
The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi successfully conducted a consular outreach mission and mobile voting for the 2022 elections in Seychelles on April 17, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Photos from the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi and the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles,...
The May 2022 polls is already proving itself to be a notable juncture that will go down in the country's history as it is evident with the initial turnout of votes overseas, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). A 20-year-old first-time voter is visibly excited as she waits for her...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, April 20, belied erroneous reports claiming that the counting of overseas votes has already begun, saying all votes will be counted altogether on May 9. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia has tagged the erroneous report as...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said there is no truth to the reported distribution of pre-shaded ballots to overseas Filipinos voting for the May 2022 elections. "’Fake news,’’ Dulsy said of the incident in Singapore where an accidentally shaded ballet was...
Help will soon reach Filipino communities in China, particularly in Jilin, amid the lockdowns enforced in various areas due to the surge of new Covid-19 cases, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Volunteers deliver parcels to a residential community under closed-off management in Minhang...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, April 18, that there will be no extension of the overseas absentee voting (OAV) beyond May 9, Philippine time, the date of the National and Local Elections. OVERSEAS VOTING BEGINS—An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion The answer to this question is certainly awaited with bated breath by many in next month’s national election more than any other poll in recent years. Although Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. continues to maintain a formidable double-digit lead, based on surveys, over Vice...
