Filipinos in 25 countries snub absentee polls
By Tetch Torres-Tupas
Filipinos in 25 countries snubbed the overseas absentee voting, the Commission on Elections en banc sitting as National Board of Canvassers said Wednesday night.
Filipinos in 25 countries snubbed the overseas absentee voting, the Commission on Elections en banc sitting as National Board of Canvassers said Wednesday night.
To throw someone under the bus is to sacrifice another person undeserving of such treatment.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said that based on latest figures, the new Overseas Absentee Voters (OAVs) have reached 260,000, surpassing the numbers of new registrants for the 2010 presidential elections.
Vice President Jejomar Binay on Monday joined the efforts in drawing more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to register for the May 2013 midterm elections.
As of Thursday, the total number of new overseas absentee voters (OAVs) have reached 205, 321, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
An additional 88,500 Filipinos worldwide have registered to vote in next year’s elections, bringing to 161,153 the total number of new overseas absentee voters (OAVs), the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
An additional 18,403 Filipinos worldwide have registered to vote in next year’s elections, bringing to 115,371 the total number of new overseas absentee voters (OAVs), according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Nearly 97,000 Filipinos worldwide have registered during the past six and a half months as new overseas absentee voters, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
An additional 8,664 Filipinos worldwide have registered as overseas absentee voters (OAVs), bringing to 32,357 the total number of OAVs during the past four and a half months, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Filipino-Americans Lilia Guillermo and Mario Guillermo of Vallejo, California are the 1,500th and 1,501st Overseas Absentee Voters who registered at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco.
More than 16,000 Filipinos from around the world have registered as Overseas Absentee Voters (OAV) for the 2013 National Elections with Los Angeles leading the way.
