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Cebu City Police Office Deputy Director for Operations Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla. (File photo) CEBU CITY - Almost 500 uniformed and non-uniformed personnel of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will participate in the two-day absentee voting here, a ranking police official said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, CCPO deputy director for operations, said in a presser that a total of 458 of the 1,200-strong police force in this city but are residents of different localities in the region are expected to cast their votes for president, vice president, 12 senators, and a party-list. "Those who signify for absentee voting are those that are not registered voters in Cebu City. They are either registered in Bohol or Negros Oriental, and from different municipalities in Cebu province," Parilla said. The city police, he said, will have a minimal deployment of personnel to secure polling precincts for the absentee voting which is set from Wednesday to Thursday. Meanwhile, Parilla said t ....
(File photo) MANILA - Filipino voters abroad began casting their ballots for their chosen leaders on April 10 as the overseas absentee voting (OAV) kicked off. Under the law, voters overseas have at least one month until May 9 to vote for national positions - one president, one vice president, 12 senators, and one party-list representative. The Overseas Voting Act of 2013 states that voting may be done either by mail or personally at the premises of the embassies, consulates, and other foreign service establishments or in field voting centers or mobile voting centers. To know about the mode of voting in your area, you may refer to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) updated list here. You can then confirm your registration at theComelec's Certified List of Overseas Voters (CLOV). If voting in your area is via personal mode, you may proceed at the foreign service post or a designated mobile voting center, with your valid Philippine ID (e.g. passport) and follow these procedures: ....
(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 ....
MANILA - Close to 1.7 million Filipino voters overseas will start casting their votes for the May 2022 polls on April 10. Data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) - Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) released on Friday showed there are a total of 1,697,215 registered Filipino voters worldwide. The Filipino voters will be voting in the Philippine posts, embassies, or consulates in the country or territory they reside or work. Overseas voters will be choosing one president, one vice president, 12 senators, and one party-list group. The Middle East and Africa top the list of voters at 786,997, followed by the Asia Pacific with 450,282 voters. Countries in the Americas have a total of 306,445 voters; while Europe has 153,491 registered voters. A total of 92 Philippine posts will hold overseas voting activities until May 9. The posts will be using an automated election system and manual system of voting. Also, some posts will be using the postal method of voting, via personal voting a ....
Overseas Filipino workers (Photo courtesy of OFW Help Facebook) MANILA - UniTeam standard-bearer Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running mate, Sara Duterte, will continue and intensify all programs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) implemented under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. During the UniTeam's online miting de avance (advanced meeting) with OFWs on Friday night, Marcos said there is a need for the next administration to properly recognize the contributions of the country's modern-day heroes. He said the government should always repay the sacrifices of OFWs. "Kaya kami sa UniTeam, marami kaming iniisip na plano upang bigyan ng mas magandang buhay pa ang ating mga kababayan na nagtatrabaho sa(That's why the UniTeam has lots of plans to give much better lives for our countrymen working) abroad," Marcos said. Meanwhile, Sara Duterte said they will work hard to establish more one-stop-shop centers for OFWs nationwide. " ....