{"id":8961,"date":"2014-05-05T12:40:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T04:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=8961"},"modified":"2014-05-05T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T04:40:53","slug":"cbcp-to-youth-register-and-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/05\/cbcp-to-youth-register-and-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"CBCP to youth: &#8220;Register and vote&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8962\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp.jpg\" alt=\"cbcp\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Facebook Page of Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippine<\/em>s<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The youth should register as voters.<\/p>\n<p>This was the appeal of Fr. Conegundo Garganta, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Church is calling on to you. Register and be part of bringing positive change to our country and our people,\u201d Fr. Conegundo Garganta said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Voter registration will start\u00a0 on May 6 and will end on October 31, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Constitution recognizes the right to suffrage of every people of age. The least requirement is to register as a voter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not fail our country, it is a noble duty to select leaders from among the many. Exercise your right,\u201d Garganta added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0 Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)\u00a0chairperson Henrietta de Villa encouraged first time voters to register while it is vacation time, \u201cRegister early. Don\u2019t wait for the last days,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>With report from Manila Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Photo: Facebook Page of Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines &nbsp; The youth should register as voters. This was &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[2898,2899],"class_list":["post-8961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-cbcp","tag-voter-registration","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}