Pinoys in Israel seek overseas voting registration in Haifa area

Filipinos in Northern Israel have asked Philippine officials to hold a registration for overseas absentee voting (OAV) in the Haifa area for the May 2013 elections. During the Philippine Embassy’s first field activity there last February 25, leaders of the Filipino community suggested that registration must be conducted in the area “in order to cater to those Filipinos who have difficulties in accessing the services provided by the Embassy in view of their work schedules and distance of travel,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a news release. Some 1,651 overseas Filipinos in Israel have registered since the opening of the OAV registration three months ago, the DFA noted, with around 90 to 100 new registrants per week. Philippine officials have launched a number of activities to encourage more Israel-based Filipinos to register. The campaign program includes field registration, which—according to Vice Consul and OAV focal person Ferdinand Flores—“will be implemented as soon as logistical and technical arrangements have been finalized by the Commission on Elections.” The Embassy also teamed up with Orange, a mobile phone service provider in Israel, for an information campaign through short messaging service (SMS) that Filipino Orange subscribers will receive for free. It also received a separate line “solely dedicated to OAV registration inquiri

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