Press Release
PR-008-2015
22 January 2015

Embassy Conducts Overseas Voting Outreach in Al Khafji

(Riyadh, 22 January 2015) – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh conducted Overseas Voting (OV) Outreach in Al Khafji on 16 and 17 January 2015.

The OV Outreach was the first outreach activity in Al Khafji since OV registration began in May 2014.

A total of 114 new OV registrations and certifications were facilitated by the Embassy during the outreach mission. Al Khafji is located at the northern tip of Eastern Province and borders Kuwait. The Embassy’s OV Team travelled over 1400km from Riyadh to Al Khafji and back for the outreach mission.

Registering as overseas voter will enable Filipinos abroad to vote for the positions of President, Vice President, twelve members of Senate and one Party-list sectoral representative during the National Elections in 2016. OV registration began on 06 May 2014 and will end on 31 October 2015.

Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia H.E. Ezzedin H. Tago invited even more Filipinos in the Kingdom to register. “I invite more Filipinos to register as overseas voter and exercise your right to suffrage during the elections in 2016. There are only about ten months to go before the end of registration period,” he said.

OV registration services are being provided at the Embassy lobby from Sunday to Thursday from 8:00am to 5:00pm. OV registration will also be conducted during Embassy-on-Wheels (EOW) outreach missions scheduled for 2015. END