PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL

Public Advisory 038-202220 April 2022 BALLOT PACKETS WHICH WERE RETURNED TO THE CONSULATE The Consulate General of the Philippines in New York informs registered overseas voters within our jurisdiction that it has received ballot packets that were undelivered to its recipients and returned to the Consulate.To check if your name is on the list of returned postal election packets, please click on the following link: https://bit.ly/3k2M8UZPursuant to COMELEC Resolution No. 10766, only the full last name and initials of your first and middle names will be listed.If your name is on the list, please send an email to newyorkpcg.ov@dfa.gov.ph with the subject "RTS + (your name)" to be informed of options on receiving your ballot packet.

Public Advisory 037-202219 April 2022 SUSPENSION OF CONSULAR SERVICES DUE TO STAFF EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 The Philippine Consulate General in New York informs the public that consular services will be suspended beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 to ensure the safety of kababayan in view of multiple COVID-19 exposures of Consulate personnel.Kababayan who visited the Philippine Center on Monday, 18 April 2022 and today, 19 April 2022, are advised to check themselves for symptoms and/or to get themselves tested.Normal consular operations will resume on Monday, 25 April 2022.Kababayan with appointments scheduled tomorrow, Wednesday 20 April 2022 until Friday, 22 April 2022, will be contacted by email to inform them of their new appointment dates.The Consulate will, however, accommodate Filipinos in distress and other emergency cases.The Consulate will also continue Overseas Absentee Voting preparations and operations.We ask for the public’s patience and understanding as we endeavor to ensure everyone's health and safety.

Public Advisory 030-202216 April 2022 REGISTERED OVERSEAS VOTERS WITH CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR PICK UP OF BALLOTS The Philippine Consulate General in New York would like to inform registered overseas voters who requested to pick up their ballots or have these mailed to their new addresses, that their ballots may have been mailed out already.Those who recently moved can request the United States Postal Service (USPS) for automatic forwarding of all mails from their old address to their new address.  Please check with USPS on this matter.  If no mail forwarding has been availed of, the Consulate shall endeavor to look out for and hold the ballot so it will not be delivered to the old address.It should be noted that the Consulate only received the ballots from the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on 11 April 2022 and is doing its best to mail these to all the 39,048 registered voters under its jurisdiction to ensure that they get to exercise their right to vote.For further clarifications or inquiries, please send an email to newyorkpcg.ov@dfa.gov.ph.Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Public Advisory 029-202212 April 2022 ON ALLEGED INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE FOR RETURN ENVELOPES CONTAINING BALLOTS OF OVERSEAS VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES The Philippine Consulate General in New York has been made aware of a social media post that is circulating alleging that a foreign service post in the United States had sent out election packets to registered voters containing return envelopes with insufficient postage. The said social media post claimed that as a result of the insufficient postage, envelopes containing ballots would not be delivered. The same post irresponsibly claimed undelivered ballots would be substituted. Unfortunately, said post did not provide any proof for us to look into said claim. We would like to assure our kababayan that election packets and the return envelopes containing ballots that were sent to them have sufficient postage. We went twice to the Post Office—on Monday afternoon before we mailed the initial batch of ballots and again on Tuesday morning—to have the election packets and return envelopes weighed to ensure these have the correct stamps. We are committed to ensuring that all qualified members of the Filipino Community get to exercise their right to vote. While we welcome the vigilance of kababayan in ensuring that the elections…

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Public Advisory 027-202212 April 2022 REPORTED SHOOTING IN BROOKLYN In connection with the shooting incident at the 36th Street Subway Station in Brooklyn that left several people wounded and the discovery of undetonated devices, @PHinNewYork requests kababayan to be vigilant and to take the necessary precautions as the suspect is on the loose.

Public Advisory 026-202211 April 2022 OVERSEAS VOTERS WHO HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR ADDRESS / PERSONAL PICK UP OF BALLOTS For registered overseas voters who have recently changed address or who wish to personally pick up their ballots at the Philippine Center, you have until 3pm EST of 12 April to inform the Consulate. Please send an email to newyorkpcg.ov@dfa.gov.ph with the subject line "Change of Address" or "Personal Pickup of Ballot", whichever is applicable..

Public Advisory 024-202210 April 2022 UPDATE ON THE ELECTION EQUIPMENT AND PARAPHERNALIA The Philippine Consulate General in New York would like to inform members of the Filipino Community that boxes containing election paraphernalia that arrived at the FedEx Facility in Memphis from Alaska today have departed said location. The Consulate is hoping said shipment will be delivered as soon as possible so that it could start the overseas voting process that has been delayed as a result of logistical difficulties encountered by the Commission on Elections.

Public Advisory 023-202210 April 2022 RESCHEDULING OF FINAL TESTING AND SEALING OF VOTE COUNTING MACHINES (VCMs) Due to logistical difficulties encountered in the shipment of the election materials for the 2022 Philippine National Elections, the Consulate General of the Philippines in New York will be rescheduling the Final Testing and Sealing of Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) to 13 April 2022 (Wednesday) at 9:00am EST, at the Kalayaan Hall on the 2nd Floor of the Philippine Center.

Public Advisory 022-202210 April 2022 UPDATE ON ELECTION EQUIPMENT AND PARAPHERNALIA The Philippine Consulate General in New York would like to inform members of the Filipino Community that boxes containing equipment and election paraphernalia have departed the FedEx Facility in New Jersey while the other boxes that earlier departed the FedEx Facility in Alaska have arrived in Memphis. The Consulate assures kababayan that it would send out the election ballots and perform the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines as soon as these are received.