Posts Tagged: philippines

Salt and light

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…

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Live for Peace

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,…

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Reunions in the Philippines

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…

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Three ways to follow Philippine election

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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Where Philippine election observer teams will serve

The People’s International Observer Mission will send teams of election observers to eight areas of the Philippines: North Luzon (Agra), Central Luzon (Pampanga and Tarlac), Southern Tagalog including Metro Manila, Bicol, West Visayas, North-East Mindanoa, Southern Mindanoa (Davao) and the…

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Philippine elections press releases

Find daily press releases from the People’s International Observer Mission (PIOM) posted at Kodao Productions. Kodao Productions is the video company working with the PIOM. They will include reports from the various areas covered by the PIOM. Tweets from Twitter…

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Observers arrive in Philippines

The Philippine Election Observer Team reports that there will be over 80 observers of the elections in the Philippines from over ten countries. Most of the observers come from the United Sates and Canada. Other countries include Australia, New Zealand,…

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Observing Elections in the Philippines

Please hold the people of the Philippines in prayer in the days leading up to the May 10 national elections. In response to invitations from our sisters and brothers in Christ in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines…

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Observers begin to arrive in the Philippines

From the Philippines Election Observer Team Facebook page: Eleven American election observers, including a number of Presbyterians meet at the airport last night by members of the United Church of Christ of the Philippines staff, the Chairperson of KMU, the…

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Election in the Philippines

Pray for the people of the Philippines as the day of election nears. Pray for those who will serve as election observers. Elections are scheduled in the Philippines for Monday, May 10. The elections are for president and the legislature….

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