Eleksyon 2016❭

• PHL Embassy Bangkok facilitates smooth, well-organized election

  Some foreign observers were also present during the counting of votes. They also shared the same thoughts on the overseas election.

  

• PHOTOS: Filipinos in Thailand cast votes at the Embassy

  Check some of the photos of OFWs who cast their votes at the Philippine Embassy.

  

• Schedule of Overseas Voting at the PHL Embassy

  Based from the updated schedule, the Overseas Voting is conducted every day until May 9, 2016 including weekends from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

  

• PHL Embassy releases guidelines on 2016 national and local elections for overseas voters

  Voting ends at 5:00 pm (Philippine time) on May 9, 2016 and ballots should reach the Philippine Embassy by 4:00 pm (Bangkok time) on May 9, 2016.

  

• Chairman of the Overseas Voting Secretariat encourages OFWs to vote

  The voting period for registered Filipino voters based overseas is from April 9 – May 9, 2016. Filipinos living abroad once again would have a chance to play a significant part in choosing leaders that will manage our vital contribution as OFWs to the Philippine economy.

  

• Duterte to criminals: This is your last Christmas!

  They promised to bring down the national crime rate by half within one year through an “intensified and aggressive” national anti-crime campaign targeting the country’s identified crime spots.

  

• UST, PUP, UPLB choose Miriam for president 2016

  Three of the county’s biggest and most prestigious universities have chosen Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago as next president in 2016.

  

• The Standard Poll: VP Binay biggest beneficiary if Poe is disqualified

  According to The Standard Poll, Binay will lead the race, getting 33% of the votes, followed by former DILG Secretary Mar Roxas with 29%, and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte with 26% if Grace Poe is not in the list of candidates.

  

• Pulse Asia Poll: VP Binay soars high on 2016 presidential survey

  Binay consistently earned 30-34% share of votes in NCR, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. He also got the most among the Class D and E respondents with 30% and 42% respectively.

  

• The Standard Poll: Poe tightly ahead, Duterte in 4th place

  The survey shows Poe and Binay got huge share of votes from Luzon, NCR, and Bicol region. Roxas bulk of votes is from the Visayas and Mindanao, while Duterte’s most votes are from Mindanao and NCR.

  

• OFWs support Susan ‘Toots’ Ople in her senate bid

  Ople is also in favor of the creation of a “Department of OFWs” as well as a “separate Department on Maritime Affairs.”

  

• Debunking or Proving the myth: Roxas is (not) a Wharton grad

  Can Roxas, a “Wharton undergraduate”, truthfully claim that he is a graduate of Wharton School of Economics?

  

• Wharton School: Roxas graduated with an economics degree in 1979

  The Wharton School has confirmed that administration presidential candidate Mar Roxas is one of its alumni based on the records from the University of Pennsylvania registrar, report said.