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PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS 2025

Registered Filipino overseas voters (in Posts/Countries adopting online voting) may vote online in the May 12, 2025 elections.

To participate, you must be pre-enrolled as an online voter. Pre-enrolment for online voting via the COMELEC Voting Portal is from March 10 to May 7, 2025.

The 30-day overseas voting period is from 13 April 2025 until 12 May 2025, at 7:00PM Philippine Standard Time.

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AMBASSADOR PETRONILA P. GARCIA WELCOMES THE TRADE DELEGATION FROM THE PHILIPPINES

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PR 110 Trade Delegation from the Philippines

Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia (seated, center) pose for a photo with the members of the trade delegation who are mostly officers of the Alalay sa Kaunlaran, Inc. (ASKI) of Nueva Ecija as well as the other forum attendees from the Philippines Toronto Chamber of Commerce (PCCT) and Quebec Council on Philippine Business and Trade (QCPCBT). The forum was organized by Ms. Cora Dela Cruz of Trade Alliances Canada who invited speakers from the Export Development Corp and the Cooperative Development Foundation of Canada.

FILIPINO DIASPORA IN THE MARITIMES CELEBRATE 1ST FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH IN CANADA

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PR 109 Filipino in Diaspora in the Maritimes Filipino Heritage Month

The Filipino community in Halifax, the capital of the province of Nova Scotia on the Atlantic side of Canada, celebrated the 1st Filipino Heritage Month in Canada. With a population now reaching 3,400 in the province, the celebration started with a parade around Citadel Hill in the downtown area and was followed by a cultural program at the Halifax Forum. The cultural program included performances of traditional Filipino songs and dances and concluded with a concert by Filipino entertainers and bands in the maritime city.

EMBASSY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN CANADA JOINS FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION

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PR 108 Filipino Heritage Day

As Filipinos throughout Canada celebrate the first Filipino Heritage Month, the Embassy of the Philippines in Canada joined the Filipino community in Ottawa at the Sir John A. MacDonald Building for another event to highlight Filipino culture and the contributions of Filipino migrants to Canadian society on Saturday, 22 June 2019.

FILIPINOS IN ST. JOHN’S COMMEMORATE PH INDEPENDENCE

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PR 107 St. John Indepdence Day Celebration

Despite the chilly weather, the Filipino community in St. John’s, NL gathered at the grounds of the Royal Canadian Legion in Mt. Pearl on 9 June 2019 to commemorate the 121st Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence. The crowd of more than one hundred were joined by Mt. Pearl City Mayor David Aker, Councillors Isabelle Fry, Andrea Power, Bill Antle, war veteran John Lewis, and Philippine Consul General ad honorem Hazel Ouano Alpuerto as they raised the Philippine flag and sang the Philippine and Canadian National Anthems and “Ode to Newfoundland.”