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
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
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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Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
