SWS: Chiz debuts with 'good' satisfaction rating; Romualdez, Gesmundo see gains
MANILA, Philippines — Francis "Chiz" Escudero debuted in the Social Weather Stations survey with a "good" +47 net satisfaction rating since becoming Senate president.
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Co-founder of Smartmatic voting machine company charged with paying bribes for Philippine contracts
MIAMI (AP) — A federal grandy jury in Miami has charged the Venezuelan co-founder of a voting machine company targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump with paying more than $1 million in bribes to officials in the Philippines in exchange for contracts it won overseeing the island nation’s elections nearly a decade ago.
Ex-Comelec chief faces US bribery, launder raps
MANILA, Philippines — A federal grand jury in the United States has indicted former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista and three officials of vote counting machine provider Smartmatic for alleged bribery and money laundering in relation to the 2016 elections in the Philippines.
Ex-Comelec chair Andy Bautista facing US bribery charges
MIAMI, United States — The former chairman of the Philippines election commission was indicted by a US federal grand jury in Florida on Thursday for allegedly taking bribes from a company that provided voting machines for the country's 2016 elections.
‘PDEA leaks’ star witness found guilty of perjury
MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intelligence agent Jonathan Morales was found guilty of perjury for giving false testimony against two defendants in a drug trafficking case in 2011.
‘PDEA leaks’ witness found guilty of perjury
MANILA, Philippines — Jonathan Morales, the former agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) who linked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to illegal drugs, has been found guilty of perjury for giving a false testimony.
Trillanes files new plunder complaint vs Duterte, Go
FORMER senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday filed a second plunder case before the Department of Justice against former president Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Bong Go in connection with the alleged anomalous implementation of the P16-billion Philippine Navy (PN) Frigate acquisition project.
ICC arrest warrant for Bato? Senate mulls scenarios
MANILA, Philippines — What happens if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues a warrant of arrest to Senator Bato dela Rosa? Senate President Francis Escudero ran through the scenarios.