Roger Scott Powers We travel today, fanning out across this vast archipelago. All praying to God for free and fair elections in the Philippines. Filipinos smile, masking fears of violence, coercion and fraud. Hoping for the best, these strong, determined…
Read more »Stories from participants in the People’s International Observers’ Mission (PIOM) are shared on the PIOM blog. Kodao Productions has written, audio, and video stories.
Read more »Send a message to Congress that U.S. military aid to the Philippines should be conditioned on concrete signs that the human rights of unarmed citizens and groups within civil society are respected by all levels of government, including the Philippine…
Read more »The People’s International Observers’ Mission has launched a blog for election observers to post observations and reflections.
Read more »There are a number of reasons why international election observers are present in the Philippines for the May 10 election (and May 10 is less than an hour away in the Philippines as this is written). One is that this…
Read more »By Matt Lang, election observer in the Philippines, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) On Saturday morning we had a press conference with several members of the media. Each participant was asked to give a brief statement about why they were in the…
Read more »Salt and light. Those images, drawn from the words of Jesus, were at the heart of the unison Affirmation and Benediction used during the Ecumenical Welcome Reception and Orientation for the election observers held at the Shalom Center of the…
Read more »The National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the People’s International Observers Mission greeted the election observers with an Ecumenical Welcome Reception and Orientation at the Shalom Center of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. Rebecca Lawson,…
Read more »There were many joy-filled reunions at the welcome celebration and orientation for the election observers in the Philippines. Here’s a story about one of them: A little over a year ago, Pastor Edwin Egar of the United Church of Christ…
Read more »Here are three sources of information on the election in the Philippines: Kodao Productions will provide daily press releases from the People’s International Observer Mission. They will also include unscreened tweets via Twitter. The Philippine Election Observation Team Facebook page…
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