The Embassy is looking for candidates for the position of Honorary Consul in Stavanger, Norway. An Honorary Consul could be a resident or a citizen of Norway who will be representing the interests of the Philippine Government in Stavanger, including the areas of Sandnes, Haugesund and Egersund.
We wish to inform qualified OAV Voters in Norway, Denmark and Iceland of the www.political arena.com, one of the official websites of the COMELEC that provides candidates and voters a venue to communicate with each other using social networking tools such as blog, chat, forum and multimedia portals.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ranked fifth among 177 government agencies last year for meeting the integrity standards set by the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission-Office of the President (PAGC).
Ambassador Elizabeth P. Buensuceso and Cabalen Norway President Nene Puyat handed over on 27 January 2010 about PHP 530,000 to the Carael Elementary School through Campus Crusade for Christ Project Director Art Adriano. The simple ceremony was held right at the temporary shelter in Botolan provided by the Zambales government to the 231 elementary students and their families.
Qualified OAV Voters in Norway, Denmark and Iceland have now started receiving their personal copies of the Official Ballot and other election paraphernalia for the May 2010 elections directly from COMELEC. The ballots of those whose addresses could not be ascertained were sent to the Philippine Embassy in Norway (These names will be published in this website from time to time).
The Philippine Embassy wishes to inform the public that it will stop issuing the Green Passport (non-machine readable) starting on 1 April 2010. Henceforth, only Machine Readable Passports (MRP) will be issued in accordance with the regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Gerund Encinas, the lone Filipino national serving time in a Norway prison, has been released by the Norwegian police authorities and was repatriated to the Philippines on 07 February 2010 after serving seven of his fourteen-year sentence. With the help of the Philippine Embassy, Gerund earlier submitted a petition to serve only one half of his term.
The Commission on Elections issues its PARTIAL list of approved Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) applications for the May 2010 National Elections. The PARTIAL list of OAV applications may be viewed here.
