Remulla: Bonoan to be hospitalized due to hypertension amid arrest order

MANILA, Philippines — Former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan is on the way to a hospital over hypertension amid the Sandiganbayan’s order to arrest him over plunder, according to Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla. Bonoan, alongside Sen. Jinggoy Estrada and three other individuals, is accused of graft and plunder before the Sandiganbayan in connection with the flood control scandal. “Secretary Bonoan is on his way to the hospital because his hypertension was listed at 192/100. He will be kept there for an undetermined amount of time before he stabilizes,” Remulla told reporters in a briefing in Camp Crame on Monday. “And […]... Keep on reading: Remulla: Bonoan to be hospitalized due to hypertension amid arrest order