WHILE the number of registered overseas absentee voters increased this year, it is still far behind the one million target for next year’s polls.
As of July 23, 143,846 overseas Filipinos have registered, the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat reported over the weekend.
The number surpassed the combined overseas absentee voters in 2005 and 2006 that totaled 142,667.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis remains optimistic that more Filipinos abroad will register before the August 31 deadline.
As of July 23, Hong Kong still has the most number of new absentee voters (14,259), followed by Los Angeles (8,406), Dubai (7,998), Singapore (6,300) and London (4,734). The top 10 includes Riyadh (4,588), Toronto (4,254), New York (4,130), Tokyo (3,414) and Washington (3,241). — Llanesca T. Panti, Manila Times
Sept 5 – Oct 5
National Teachers Month
“Pay teachers decent wages,
Pay attention to teachers!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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September
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety, and Sanitation Month
Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 5)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday: International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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