Martin Romualdez ordered transfer from PGH to Payatas jail - Rappler

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CONFINED. The Philippine National Police-CIDG cuffs releases a photo of former House speaker Martin Romualdez when he was served an arrest warrant in his hospital room September 7, 2026. The cops took his fingerprint and placed a detainee uniform on top of him as part of the booking process, but his mugshot was not taken yet given his condition.

MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division on Monday, September 14, ordered the transfer of custody of former speaker Martin Romualdez from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) where he is confined, to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas.

The lawmaker will be detained there as he faces his plunder case due to alleged P7.44 billion in kickbacks.

Romualdez was ordered transferred after the PGH doctors found that he is in stable condition and needs no confinement.

Authorities said the Leyte lawmaker will be transferred on Monday too, after his discharge from PGH. – Rappler.com