“The lack of information and the Commission on Elections’ apparent lack of enthusiasm and support for the extended voters’ registration were also to blame for the modest turnout of prospective registrants in the first days of poll registration,” Kabataan Party-list Vice President Carl Marc Ramota today said as voters’ registration marked its third and last [...]

December registrants should be allowed to vote
Kabataan Party-list urged the Commission on Elections to be prudent and end speculation over the extended voters’ registration.
“Comelec should avoid making speculations as this will only sow confusion among prospective first-time voters,” Kabataan Party-list Vice President Carl Marc Ramota said.
The youth group was reacting [...]

“This is the best time to register for the upcoming elections as most students have already gone back to their home provinces and more work leave are given to employees.”

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino today urged the Comelec to resume voter registration within the week.
Palatino made the appeal after the Comelec said that it would file for a motion to clarify before the Supreme Court following the latter’s favorable decision to Kabataan Party-list’s petition to extend voter registration.
Citing the text of the high court’s [...]

As youths and fans from around the world endure long lines today to watch Michael Jackson’s final movie, “This Is It,” so are first-time-voters and new registrants in the Philippines as the deadline of voter registration nears this November 1.
Deadline was originally shortened and set to fall on October 31 but the Commission on Elections [...]

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino welcomed Sen. Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero’s announcement this morning, calling it a ‘welcome development for platform-based politics this coming 2010 elections.’
“Chiz resignation from NPC signals a new stake in 2010 politics, reflecting how the youth and people who are clamoring for meaningful changes in our society now shun empty popularity contests [...]

Kabataan Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today urged the Commission on Elections to return the deadline of voters registration to its original date of December 15 in light of the recent tragedies that struck the nation.
“The damage brought about by Ondoy and Pepeng is enormous. Many flood victims will be busy recovering and rehabilitating their homes [...]

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino today commended the Commission on Elections for passing resolutions allowing employees to “go on official time when filing applications for voters’ registration.”
Comelec recently passed Resolutions 8668 and 8669, requesting the Civil Service Commission for government employees and the Department of Labor and Employment for private employees, respectively, to issue ‘appropriate [...]

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino today challenged presidential aspirants to take a stand against the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), as the nation commemorates the anniversary of the Philippine Senate’s rejection of a 10-year bases treaty with the United States.
Sept. 16, 1991 marks in history the Philippine Senate’s resounding “no” vote to a proposal that would [...]

Youth to register 1M new voices for change
Extend voters’ registration, Comelec told
Around 1,000 first-time voters from different parts of the country registered for next year’s polls, vowed to serve as poll watchers, and act for change beyond the 2010 elections.
Two months before the Commission on Elections’ deadline of voters’ registration, new voters from Metro Manila, [...]