Biazon to run for reelection
MANILA, Philippines — Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon will run for a second term, his regional party One Muntinlupa (1Munti) announced on Saturday night.
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Garcia mulls case vs Smartmatic, others in US
MANILA, Philippines — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia is considering filing criminal complaints in the US against Smartmatic and persons behind what he describes as a smear campaign against him.
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.
HEADLINES: US court indicts ex-Comelec chief | August 10, 2024
Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Saturday, August 10, 2024.
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.
Harris, Biden to hit trail for first time since switch-up
REHOBOTH BEACH, United States — Kamala Harris and Joe Biden will next week make their first joint campaign trip since the US president's shock decision to drop out of the 2024 White House race against Donald Trump.
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.
Garcia sees Smartmatic behind ‘demolition job’
MANILA, Philippines — Documents obtained by the Commission on Elections point to technology provider Smartmatic as possibly behind what Comelec Chairman George Garcia sees as a demolition job against him, according to the poll chief.