Sandiganbayan orders transfer of Martin Romualdez to PGH

Former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez at the Cardinal Santos Hospital. INQUIRER.net / JASON SIGALES MANILA, Philippines — Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez will be transferred to the Philippine General Hospital on Saturday and will stay there until further notice from the court, the Sandiganbayan Third Division said on Friday. Associate Justice Karl Miranda, chair of the Third Division, made the announcement. READ: ‘Big risk’ to transfer Romualdez to another hospital, says witness Article continues after this advertisement Romualdez was admitted to the Cardinal Santos Medical Center on Monday due to chest pain, the same day his arrest warrant for plunder came out. The Sandiganbayan Third Division issued an arrest warrant against Romualdez, former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co and two others hours after the Office of the Ombudsman filed the information containing the formal charges against the accused for bribery involving alleged kickbacks worth P7.44 billion. /mr Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Your subscription has been successful.