LIVE UPDATES: Ex-Speaker Romualdez faces arrest over plunder raps

PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez assured that the hospital at their headquarters in Camp Crame is prepared if the Sandiganbayan orders…

The PNP continues to provide perimeter security outside Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City amid the ongoing confinement…

DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla said the agency would ask the Sandiganbayan to have former Speaker Martin Romualdez transferred to Camp Crame.

WATCH: As of 6 a.m. this Wednesday, police personnel remain on standby outside Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City to provide perimeter security amid former House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s continued confinement for various ailments.Romualdez, who was arrested on… pic.twitter.com/pmHYtU9HXk

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The Sandiganbayan has ordered former House Speaker Martin Romualdez to appear before the court on Sept. 10 for the hearing of his motion for hospital confinement.

Sec. Jonvic Remulla maintained that he did not receive any instructions from the President as to how to treat arrested cousin Martin Romualdez

DILG on Tuesday released the official mugshot of former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez following his arrest.

The PNP on Tuesday returned the warrant of arrest for plunder of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez to the Sandiganbayan Third Division.

LOOK: The PNP releases more mugshots of former House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, who was arrested for plunder at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City on Monday night, Sept. 7. | 📷: PNP via @jasonsigalesINQ Follow our live updates here:… pic.twitter.com/2hMWXoxZkZ

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Secretary Jonvic Remulla says the DILG will be asking the Sandiganbayan to transfer former House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez to the PNP General Hospital in Camp Crame.Romualdez was arrested for plunder at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center on Monday night, Sept. 7.… pic.twitter.com/BV8f1sDEts

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LOOK: The DILG releases the official mugshot of former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez, who was arrested for plunder on Monday night, Sept. 7.The PNP CIDG previously explained that it had to only place the orange detainee shirt on top of Romualdez and… pic.twitter.com/tqr7ZedefF

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WATCH: Here’s the current situation this morning outside Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City, where former House Speaker Martin Romualdez is under hospital arrest. | @ATacsonINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/xtOPJkVbZ1 pic.twitter.com/QM2cZBeHbV

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DILG will ask the Sandiganbayan to have former House Speaker and incumbent Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez transferred to the PNPGH.

Former Speaker and incumbent Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez was arrested at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City for plunder.

LOOK: Former House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez is served the warrant for his arrest by the CIDG at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City on Monday night, Sept. 7.CIDG NCR chief Col. John Guiagui explains that Romualdez underwent the booking procedures… pic.twitter.com/uxeXso4DW0

— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) September 7, 2026

Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez suffered a “cardiovascular event” and a purported panic attack, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said Monday night.

Martin Romualdez, former House speaker was arrested for plunder in connection with the infrastructure corruption scandal.

BREAKING: Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been arrested for plunder.Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/xtOPJkUE9t pic.twitter.com/vMr8lyd3CB

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Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez is in the hospital as authorities look for him to serve the arrest warrant issued by the Sandiganbayan.

It will be better for Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez to surrender, NBI Director Melvin Matibag said on Monday

The Sandiganbayan on Monday issued an arrest warrant against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over his plunder case.

WATCH: Situation at the CIDG headquarters in Camp Crame as of 6:40 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, as authorities are expected to serve the warrant of arrest against former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez for plunder. | 🎥: PNP Press Corps Pool… pic.twitter.com/A8pi6aY7eD

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LOOK: PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., several CIDG personnel and EPD director BGen. Roman Arugay are seen at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City on Monday evening, Sept. 7.They are expected to serve the wareant of arrest against former House Speaker… pic.twitter.com/ovpewFGyvU

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LOOK: The Sandiganbayan Third Division issues arrest warrant against former House Speaker and incumbent Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co and two others for plunder. | @JEMendozaINQ Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/xtOPJkVbZ1 pic.twitter.com/OBwb4wuvah

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‘IT’S BETTER NA MAG-SURRENDER’WATCH: NBI Director Melvin Matibag says it would be better for former House Speaker Martin Romualdez to just “surrender,” adding that the bureau will locate the congressman as soon as it receives the arrest warrant against him.Matibag’s statement… pic.twitter.com/4xbZHSqCqq

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The Sandiganbayan on Monday issued an arrest warrant against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over his plunder case.

BREAKING: The Sandiganbayan issues an arrest warrant against former House Speaker and incumbent Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez over his plunder case.Follow our live updates here: https://t.co/xtOPJkUE9t pic.twitter.com/M4DKKZ88KZ

— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) September 7, 2026

The PNP said the Sandiganbayan has yet to issue a warrant for the arrest of presidential cousin, former House Speaker Martin Romualdez.

The Palace said it respects the Ombudsman’s filing of a plunder case against former House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, stressing that evidence must prevail.

PRAYER FOR ACCOUNTABILITYLOOK: Fr. Robert Reyes of the Clergy for Good Governance leads members of August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM) in a prayer and protest rally for judicial integrity outside the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City on Monday, September 7.The demonstration… pic.twitter.com/7jtqlNssst

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PLUNDER CHARGES FILEDLOOK: Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano and staff carrying stacks of case files arrive at the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 7.The Office of the Ombudsman filed a 7.4 billion pesos plunder charge against former House Speaker and current… pic.twitter.com/qQ5Jk7BjaR

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BREAKING: The Office of the Ombudsman files plunder case against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. | @JEMendozaINQ pic.twitter.com/I6HWGndSZJ

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Ex- House Speaker Martin Romualdez will face the allegations against him, his lawyer said after the Ombudsman filed a plunder case against him

The Office of the Ombudsman on Monday filed a plunder case against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez in the Sandiganbayan.