COMELEC Register Anywhere Project held onsite at Ateneo

The Philippine Commission on Elections conducted its Register Anywhere Project at the Ateneo de Manila Loyola Heights campus from 23 to 25 April 2024 at the second floor of the Formation and Learning Center of the Senior High School. Through this program, members of the Ateneo community as well as their relatives were able to register to vote for any city or municipality. Reactivation, change of name, and transfer of address were also entertained by COMELEC officials onsite.

The Office of the Assistant Vice President for Social Development, Environment, and Community Engagement (OAVP-SDECE) led the coordination on behalf of the university. It is estimated that around 650 individuals were able to avail of COMELEC’s services during this activity. This included around 200 Ateneo Senior High School students who are now eligible to vote for the senatorial and local elections in May 2025.

COMELEC and the OAVP-SDECE are open to re-staging the event at a future date in collaboration with an office or organized university group who are willing to commit to fill up at least 200 slots per day. For inquiries, please contact OAVP-SDECE at sdece@ateneo.edu.

The OAVP-SDECE would like to thank the following for making this project possible:

• Atty. Glinis Tamondong, Atty. Francis Benedict Reotutar, and the Commission on Elections team that ran the Register Anywhere Project at Ateneo de Manila
• Dr. William Yu of the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science for connecting the university to COMELEC
• Senior High School Assistant Principal for Administration Czel Lacson and the Office of the Assistant Principal for Administration
• Senior High School Principal Noel Miranda
• The parents association of the Ateneo Senior High School
• The Central Facilities Management Office and personnel
• The Campus Safety and Mobility Office and personnel
• The Office of the Vice President for Digital Information and Technology Services
• Chris Castillo of the Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs of the Loyola Schools
• The Office of the Vice President for Mission Integration
• The Office of the AVP for Student Activities and Leadership Formation
• The individuals who volunteered

Photos courtesy of:

• Dr. Marie Joy Salita, AVP for Student Activities and Leadership Formation
• Ms. Lara Buhay from the Office of the Vice President for Mission Integration
• The Office of the AVP for Social Development, Environment, and Community Engagement