Registration schedule outside embassies

INQUIRER.net
First Posted 11:38:00 07/13/2009

MANILA, Philippines — In an attempt to get more Filipinos overseas to register for the 2010 elections, the Department of Foreign Affairs has scheduled the following field and mobile registration dates outside the embassies.

For Filipinos in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Darwin, the Philippine embassy in Canberra will be there from July to August; and in Hobart, Tasmania from August 3 to 7.

For those in Hong Kong, the Philippine consulate general will be at the Lik Sang Plaza, Kowloon Filipino Baptist Church, Diocesan Pastoral Center for Filipinos, St. Joseph’s Church, Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Benedict Church, and St. Thomas Diocesan Pastoral Center for Filipinos from July to August.

Filipinos in Taiwan, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office will be at the Dart Wits Dormitory Chu-Nan on July 14 and 17; at the Top Polly Chu-Nan Dormitory on July 21 and 24; and at the King Yuan Electronics Co. Ltd. On July 28, and August 4 and 7.

For those in Fukuyama City in Japan, the Philippine consulate in Osaka will be there on August 16.

Filipinos or dual citizens in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, the Chicago post will be there to register them from July to August.

Those in West Coast may clear their schedule for the following registration dates set by the Los Angeles consulate general: July 17 to 19 in Chandler, Arizona; July 30 to August 3 in Houston, Texas; August 1 in San Diego, California; August 7 to 9 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; August 13 to 17 in Dallas, Texas; and August 21 to 23 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Filipinos in Saudi Arabia may go to the Al-Tawhid International School in Yanbu on July 16 to 17 or to the Khamis Mushayt on July 23 to 24. The Philippine consulate general in Jeddah will conduct the registration in these places.