LOOK: Sandiganbayan orders transfer of Romualdez to PGH

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The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Friday ordered the transfer of former Speaker and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez from Cardinal Santos Medical Center to the state-run Philippine General Hospital in Manila by September 12 at 10 am.

The anti-graft court ordered Romualdez’s transfer amid the P7.4-billion plunder charges filed against the lawmaker, former House appropriations panel chairperson Zaldy Co of Ako Bicol party-list, Joselyn Tragua Serenio (personal assistant of Romualdez) and Felicito Cristobal Guevarra (president of Samchan Foreign Exchange Corporation) over their alleged involvement in the flood control project kickback scheme.

Sandiganbayan releases copy of the order for the transfer of ex-Speaker and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez from Cardinal Santos Medical Center to state-run Philippine General Hospital on September 12, Saturday @gmanews pic.twitter.com/tBga8wNro2

— Llanesca T. Panti (@llanescajourno) September 11, 2026

The anti-graft court noted that it is only proper to conduct “an independent examination of accused Romualdez at the UP-Philippine General Hospital to verify the medical examination conducted by accused Romualdez's doctors at Cardinal and to determine whether there is a necessity for his continued confinement at a medical facility.”

Romualdez has sought for a hospital detention in Cardinal Santos, saying such request is based on his pre-existing heart and brain-related problems. — Llanesca T. Panti/RSJ, GMA News