13 registration sites known for Filipino voters abroad

13 registration sites known for Filipino voters abroad

April 05, 2006
Updated 03:15pm (Mla time)
Veronica Uy
INQ7.net

THIRTEEN registration sites for overseas absentee voters have been identified and the dates of registration set, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs' OAV Secretariat said.

In an interview with INQ7.net, OAVS vice chairman Gene Calonge said the Commission on Elections approved the OAV field registration by the Los Angeles consulate general at San Diego from April 8 to 9; the Ottawa embassy in Montreal, Quebec from May 6 to 7, the Vancouver consulate general in Edmonton from April 8 to 9, and another in Calgary from April 29 to 30.

The OAV field registrations in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Port Sudan; Khartoum; Jubail, Eastern Province; Al-Khobar; Haifa; Barcelona, Spain; Modena, Italy; and in Muara District, Brunei have been approved but the specific dates for them have not been set.

As of now, Calonge said the 11-month second OAV registration had about 40,000 applicants, half of who were Filipino workers who registered at the airports before they left for work abroad.