Sitting in the "silence" of the De La Salle - College of San Benilde Auditorium, I am writing my first live blog. Nines (Nina Terol) is giving a talk on Blogging as the new platform of identity, expressions and even of political involvement. I have just finished my talk on why we should register and vote... The setting seems like a regular YouthVotePhilippines event but there is one special distinction. The audience is composed of about a hundred deaf students 17- 18 years old. They are college… Continue

Sharing this post from Ralph of AYLA... kindly pass and feedback, report if similar incidents are happening in your areas this summer. Thanks much. -Tanya

"I was so happy that the top management of our company has been very
supportive of the ongoing campaign of Ayala Young Leaders Alliance
advocating voters’ registration. We, the employees are entitled for
one-day leave just to make sure that we are registered in our local
COMELEC office."

"The COMELEC website has a feature of checking whether… Continue

The temperature outside my window has officially declared summer to be here. The past weeks have gamely ushered in the gaiety and colors of Philippine fiesta season. Just recently I braved the crowds in my hometown to watch the Panagbenga street and float parade. Something I avoid yearly out of sheer pity for the carrying capacity of my city. But the mood and the exuberance was all it was hyped up to be. The beauty of Baguiio, the commercialism and the floats… well that will be for another artic… Continue

January 29, 2009

By Anna Valmero

INQUIRER.net

First Posted 11:35:00 01/28/2009

Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections has started notifying 151, 157 residents in Quezon City who have been delisted to register again, an official said.

The names of 113, 395 and 37, 762 voters in the second and third districts, respectively, were removed from the Quezon City Computerized Voters’ List during the Election Registration Board (ERB) hearing on Janua… Continue

by MARIA ALTHEA TEVES, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 03/15/2009 5:48 AM

Barack Obama used the Internet as a marketing tool to rally America’s youth for his 2008 presidential campaign and he's now president of the United States.

Youth Vote Philippines, an organization dedicated to voters’ education and empowerment, wants to see a similar outcome in the Philippines.

But would voters’ education and youth empowerment through the Internet be effective in the Philippines?

According to a study done b… Continue