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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 Robles Officially Welcomed by Ottawa Mayor

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PR 31 2021 cap Call on Mayor Watson

Ambassador Rodolfo D. Robles paid a virtual courtesy call on Ottawa City Mayor Jim Watson on 18 March 2020. Ambassador Robles conveyed his appreciation to Mayor Watson for the support extended by the latter to the various activities of the Filipino community in Canada’s capital. Mayor Watson fondly recalled the Parada ng mga Lechon (Roasted Pigs Parade) which traditionally starts the annual Philippine Independence Day picnic held in June of each year at Vincent Massey Park. The two officials are looking forward to continuing the excellent relationship between the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa and the City Government of Ottawa.

There are an estimated 14,100 Canadians of Filipino heritage in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region based on the 2016 national census.

ADVISORY: Suspension of Entry of Foreign Citizens to the Philippines

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Advisory Suspension of Entry of Foreign Citizens 19 March

Ambassador Rodolfo Robles Reaches Out to Filipinos in British Columbia

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PR 30 2021 cap Vancouver Meet and Greet

17 March 2021, Ottawa – Filipino community representatives from British Columbia warmly welcomed Ambassador Rodolfo D. Robles during a virtual “Meet-and-Greet” event he requested and organized by the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver. Consul General Maria Andrelita Austria welcomed the participants.

Ambassador Robles thanked the members of the community for joining him and shared his programs for the Filipino diaspora in Canada. The participants provided suggestion on areas where the assistance of the Philippine Government would be important which Ambassador Robles welcomed.

The event was one of several programs Ambassador Robles is pursuing to reach out to the almost one million members of the Filipino diaspora in Canada, which is the second largest after the Filipino-American community in the United States.

Ambassador Robles Meets Filipino Community in Alberta and Saskatchewan

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PR 28 2021 cap2 Meet and Greet Alberta SK

12 March 2021, Ottawa - Ambassador Rodolfo D. Robles met with leaders of Filipino community organizations from Alberta and Saskatchewan on Friday, 12 March 2021. The event was held online and follows the series of meet-and-greet events requested by Ambassador Robles in order to meet the Filipino diaspora in Canada.