Philippines

by Mary Estacion, ABS-CBN News Like many Filipino families who come to the states, Away Luggage co-founder Jen Rubio’s was no different. “When we first came here, we worked really hard to assimilate and you kind...

Ballots are beginning to flow into the Philippine embassy and consulates, as Filipinos cast their vote for the 2019 Philippine midterm elections. Rommel Conclara gives us a look into how the ballots are processed and counted....

LOS ANGELES — As the overseas absentee ballots are trickling in, the country’s largest Philippine consular district is keeping tabs. The LA Philippine Consulate has begun feeding the ballot returns for the midterm elections. “Hindi katulad...

Philippine overseas voting for eligible dual citizens has begun, and the Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, officially kicks off this massive campaign to appeal to all registered voters to participate in the May 13 Philippine elections....

VANCOUVER —  Their numbers may be few, but it did not stop members of various human rights groups to condemn the latest killing in the Philippines, involving fourteen farmers in Negros Province. They were killed in...

HONOLULU — With the Philippine elections around the corner, the Consulate General in Honolulu is testing out their voting machines. Members came together to test the recording capability of the machine versus the manual counting. “So...

NEW YORK — Philippine embassies and consulates around the world including New York are getting ready to mail out ballots for the Philippine midterm elections. Registered Filipino overseas absentee voters may start receiving their voting packets...

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Kababayans, the time to start exercising your civic duty to vote in the upcoming midterm elections in the Philippines is just a few days away. The Department of Foreign Affairs is reminding Filipinos all over the...

As Filipinos commemorate “Araw ng Kagitingan,” or Day of Valor, and the sacrifices of WWII manongs for freedom and democracy — some Filipinos fear that very same freedom and Philippine sovereignty are now being threatened. Philippine...