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ELECTION DAY.Comelec chairman Saidamen Pangarungan (wearing black jacket) looks on while a voter feeds her ballot into the vote counting machine in a polling place in Pasay City on Monday (May 9, 2022). Pangarungan said everything is going on smoothly so far. (PNA photo by Ferdinand G. Patinio) MANILA-An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was overwhelmed by the response of the voting public in the first hours of the voting period on election day (May 9). Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said they are happy to see Filipinos troop to the voting centers. "So overwhelmed by t...

File photo MANILA - Three countries are being considered as employment markets for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Lebanon reported on Friday. Labor Attache Alejandro Padaen said they are looking at Turkey, which is also under the jurisdiction of POLO together with countries of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and north Cyprus, as other employment destination for Filipino workers. "Turkey is a good prospect as an employment market for our workers once everything has normalized," he said in a virtual forum. The current number of Filipino workers th...

(Image courtesy of DHSUD) MANILA-The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Thursday vowed to continue advocating safe spaces for women in the housing sector. In time of the culmination of Women's Month, the DHSUD feted three "deserving women leaders" of homeowners' associations (HOAs) -- as recognition "to their notable contributions and remarkable achievements" as partners of the housing sector in community and nation-building. "As we recognize the women leaders from homeowners' associations (HOAs) who exemplify the values and ch...

(Image courtesy of DHSUD) MANILA-The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Thursday vowed to continue advocating safe spaces for women in the housing sector. In time of the culmination of Women's Month, the DHSUD feted three "deserving women leaders" of homeowners' associations (HOAs) -- as recognition "to their notable contributions and remarkable achievements" as partners of the housing sector in community and nation-building. "As we recognize the women leaders from homeowners' associations (HOAs) who exemplify the values and ch...