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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.
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.
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.
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.
MANILA, Philippines — Police operations are now as “humane, truthful and bloodless” as possible, President Marcos said yesterday, as he heaped praises on Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Marbil.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:27 p.m.) — Commission on Elections Chairperson George Garcia on Thursday presented documents alleging an overseas firm with ties to a certain "Smartmatic Services Corp." fabricated the deposits that were used to accuse him of owning offshore bank accounts.
COTABATO CITY — Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) clamped down a policeman after selling to them two M16 assault rifles in an entrapment operation in an interior area in Cotabato City on Wednesday.
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to pursue its investigation over the issuance of fake birth certificates to ensure that those involved in such illegal activity are brought to court and penalized.