Ms. Marilyn Ramos Rementilla, Filipino Overseas Voter in Brunei Darussalam casting the last ballot on 14 May 2019.

The Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam was the first among Foreign Service Posts to successfully transmit 100% of its Election Returns to COMELEC during the early hours of Tuesday, 14 May 2019.

The Embassy closed the polls for the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) for the 2019 National Elections on 13 May 2019 at exactly 6:00 p.m., Philippine and Brunei time. Ms. Marilyn Ramos Rementilla, 50 years old, cast the last vote. Ms. Rementilla has been working in Brunei Darussalam as a seamstress for almost sixteen (16) years.

The Embassy reported that 4,034 Overseas Filipinos exercised their right to vote out of the 14,000 that were registered in Brunei for the 2019 Philippine National Elections.

The Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) and the Special Ballot Reception and Custody Group (SBRCG) immediately started the closing procedures of the OAV process after the last vote had been cast. The consolidation, canvassing and transmission of the Election Returns were started by the Special Board of Canvassers (SBOC) by 10:15 p.m. of 13 May 2019. Post was able to transmit 100% of the Election Returns by 1:19 a.m. of the following day, 14 May 2019.

 The public may view the Election Returns in Brunei Darussalam at Comelec website or at https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/overseas/asia-pacific/brunei-darussalam. END

OAV Closing Vote Procedures being undertaken by the Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) led by Vice Consul Jaybee Arguillas

Overseas Voting Watchers sign the Election Returns

The Special Board of Canvassers (SBOC) led by DAFA Col. Jose Ricky Laniog starts the Consolidating and Canvassing Procedure

Overseas Voting Watchers and Volunteers from the Filipino Association witness the electronic transmission of Election Returns to COMELEC