MANILA, Philippines — Close to a thousand Filipinos working abroad registered on Thursday in various posts to allow them to vote in the May 2010 presidential election, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
There are now a total of 175,687 newly-registered Overseas Absentee Voters (OAV), up from Thursday’s figure of 174,815, the DFA said.
Those who will want to register have 17 days more before the August 31deadline set by the DFA.
The figure represents only 17.5 percent of the one million new registrants being targetted by the DFA.
Posts in the Asia and the Pacific had the highest number of OAV registrants with 49,804, followed by the Middle East with 33,361, the Americas with 31,808 and Europe with 19,153.
Registration posts manned by Philippine Overseas Employment Agency(POEA) had 18,471 registrants, followed by those at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) with 13,440; Commission on Filipinos Overseas, 4,815; and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration with 4,835. –Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, INQUIRER.net
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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March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
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Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
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Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
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