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4 hours ago ago from Overseas Filipinos
Voting can be one of the most essential roles a citizen can play in his own country. From critically observing who deserves to be the leader of the country to solely deciding whom to select among the many choices—all are in the hands of every voter. In the Philippines, one of the vital duties of the state is to provide an orderly system where Filipinos can exercise their right to vote not just here but also when abroad; and this is what ...
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and seafarers qualified to vote in the May 10, 2010 polls have reached a total of 589,830 spread out in four continents and more than 100 countries, hence their votes could be crucial in deciding the winning candidates not necessarily for President and Vice President but for the 12 Senate slots and party-list representatives at stake in next year’s major ...
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19 hours ago ago from Of Facts and Fiction
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10 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
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