The death of Atty. John “Jal” Laylo, the Filipino lawyer who was shot while visiting relatives in the United States, may be a case of mistaken identity, Philippine Ambassador to the United States (US) Jose Manuel Romualdez said on Wednesday.
(File photo) MANILA - Overseas absentee voting for Filipinos abroad has started in different embassies and consulates across the world. In a tweet, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva showed a picture of Permanent Representatives Evan Garcia and Manuel Teehankee submitting their ballots to kick off overseas voting. The two cast their votes at the Philippine Consulate General in Geneva. The Philippine Embassy in Egypt, meanwhile, has also received its first ballot from an absentee voter and will continue to receive absentee ballots until May 9. "The voting period will be every day (including weekends) from 10 April 2022 to 09 May 2022, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. except for the last day 09 May when overseas voting ends at 1 p.m.," the embassy said in a tweet. The same embassy is also set to hold an overseas voting mission in Khartoum, Sudan from April 19 to 21. The Philippine Embassy in Singapore also announced that overseas voting
After receiving messages from Filipinos expressing concern about their relatives and the situation in the United States on the seeming increase in violent hate crimes against Filipino Americans, we were compelled to grant an interview with Joel Reyes Zobel and Weng Salvacion over dzBB.