10 September 2015 - The Philippine Embassy in Doha conducted a mobile overseas voters registration for the Filipino employees of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) at their accommodation at Hamad Medical City from August 28 to 29.
Two hundred seventeen (217) Filipinos applied for overseas voters registration/certification, while six applied for transfer of their voters registration, and six applied for reactivation of their registration records.
HMC is Qatar’s principal public healthcare provider and employs a lot of Filipino health professionals, including nurses, doctors, pharmacists and medical technologists.
As of August 31, the Embassy has processed 10,690 application for registration/certification and 474 for transfer and reactivation of their registration records.
The Embassy regularly conducts mobile registration drive during events of Filipino community organizations and in companies with many Filipino employees to reach out to as many eligible overseas voters as possible. END