Overseas absentee voting (OAV) turnout was way below the Commission on Elections’ hoped-for 60 percent in major precincts around the globe. Based on available reports, the overseas vote may be even less than the 26 percent achieved in 2010 despite the stepped up OAV campaign, with some major areas logging only five to eight percent voters turnout.
The results of overseas voters have yet to be officially tallied. However, here are unofficial results from different parts of the world.
Chiz Escudero tops the poll in the United States, where only 11 percent of some 125,604 registered voters cast their ballots.
Filipino nurses are in the spotlight once again following the tragic death of five Filipino immigrant nurses in California’s San Mateo Bridge two weeks ago.
Many Filipinos go abroad to earn money. But after returning home, they soon find themselves broke. This prompts them to look for another job overseas—year after year after year.
A Filipino teacher and caregiver received last month the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Courageous Citizens Award for foiling a kidnap attempt on her 95-year-old ward who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.
Two Filipino law students, Janeca Naboya and Gian Miranda, attended last month the largest development conference in Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. The conference theme was “The End of Development? Why International Development Must Adapt or Fail.”
The Durano Kaliwat group in the United States and the Durano clan of the Philippines is holding a “global reunion” on May 25-26 in Danao City.
The current immigration system in the United States is broken. Family reunification is not realized for certain visa applicants. Many families remain separated for many years.
As a construction worker, he dons a hard hat and works with hammers and drills throughout the day. At night he straps his camera on his shoulder and is off for more hours of work.
No human is illegal. This has been the battle cry of advocates for undocumented immigrants for years. Can we now expect a greater understanding of their plight and marked change in legislative policy in the United States?
Teary eyed Linda, wife of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia went to Radyo Inquirer recently to seek the assistance of Bantay OCW. She said she could hardly eat or sleep. She had made a shocking discovery when she checked her husband’s Facebook page.
