DILG seeks Romualdez custody, transfer to PNP hospital - BusinessWorld Online
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said police will monitor Romualdez daily and move him once doctors clear him for court appearance.
- Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla announced on Tuesday that the Department of the Interior and Local Government is seeking to transfer former House Speaker Martin Romualdez from Cardinal Santos Medical Center to the Philippine National Police General Hospital at Camp Crame.
- Authorities arrested Romualdez on Monday in connection with a plunder case involving P7.44 billion in alleged kickbacks from flood control and infrastructure projects funded under national budgets from 2022 to 2025.
- Remulla cited flight risks, stating, "He has two private jets, three helicopters and three yachts," while Romualdez's camp maintains he remains unstable due to "cardiovascular event, unstable blood pressure, and anxiety attacks."
- The Sandiganbayan scheduled a hearing for Thursday, September 10, to resolve the transfer motion and evaluate Romualdez's plea to remain hospitalized while facing a non-bailable plunder case.
- Southern Illinois University Professor Raymund Narag argues that hospital detention remains "selectively available to the rich and powerful," urging the court to apply objective standards for humanitarian release regardless of political position.
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The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court on Monday, September 7, 2026, issued an arrest warrant for former Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez, a cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. He is accused of corruption on suspicion that he received at least 7.44 billion pesos (about 100 million euros) in kickbacks, bribes and other benefits from government contracts between 2022 and 2025 for […] The post Philippines: President's cousin accused of 10…
INQToday: Romualdez ordered to appear in court
MANILA, Philippines – Here are INQToday’s top stories this afternoon: Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been ordered to appear before the Sandiganbayan on September 10 as the anti-graft court hears his plea to remain hospitalized while facing a non-bailable plunder case. Meanwhile, Vice President Sara Duterte has appointed lawyer Paolo Panelo as her assistant spokesperson, adding a new voice to her communications team amid her ongoing le…
DILG seeks Romualdez custody, transfer to PNP hospital - BusinessWorld Online
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will ask the Sandiganbayan to place former Speaker and incumbent Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez under formal custody and transfer him to the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital in Camp Crame following his arrest in a P7.4-billion plunder case involving flood control projects. “We […]
Sandiganbayan to hear on Thursday Romualdez’s motion to remain in hospital
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division will hear on Thursday former speaker Martin Romualdez’s motion to remain in hospital under court custody.Third Division Clerk of Court Dennis Pulma told The Manila Times that the hearing on Romualdez’s Manifestation of Hospital Confinement and Urgent Motion Ad Cautelam for Continued Hospital Confinement Under Custody will be held at 8:30 a.m. on September 10.“[T]he court directed the issuanc…
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