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Sandigan orders independent PGH medical exam to determine need for Marcoleta's continued confinement at PNP hospital

Published Jul 10, 2026 05:05 pm

At A Glance

  • Also, Miranda announced that Marcoleta's plunder case and one of the three criminal cases for alleged violation of PD No. 46, or the anti-gift law, will be consolidated and tried before the Third Division.
(JEL SANTOS/MB PHOTO)
(JEL SANTOS/MB PHOTO)
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has ordered an independent medical examination of detained Senator Rodante Marcoleta by the director of the University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) or his authorized representative to determine whether there is still an imperative need for his continued confinement at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital.
The directive was issued on Friday, July 10, after Associate Justice Ronald Moreno raised questions during the hearing on the compliance reports regarding Marcoleta’s hospitalization and custody, particularly over the senator’s medical condition and the circumstances surrounding visits he received despite doctors recommending isolation due to mild pneumonia.
“Kasi (Because) the questions and the answers to the questions of Justice Moreno are very revealing—so in the meantime, Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, director of the UP Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) and/or any of his duly authorized representatives is ordered, number one, to conduct a medical examination on accused Senator Marcoleta within three days of receipt of this notice,” Third Division Chairperson Associate Justice Karl Miranda said.
“Thereafter, submit a report and recommendation to the Court in three days of such medical examination, particularly whether there is an imperative need for the continued confinement of the accused at the PNP General Hospital,” he added.
(JEL SANTOS/MB PHOTO)
(JEL SANTOS/MB PHOTO)
Meanwhile, PNP medical officers informed the anti-graft court that while the senator’s condition has improved and he is medically fit to travel provided he wears a face mask, they recommended that he remain confined until he completes his prescribed course of antibiotics.
The anti-graft court had earlier ordered Marcoleta’s commitment to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas, but the transfer has yet to be implemented because he remains confined at the PNP General Hospital under the custody of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG).
On July 3, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) filed before the Sandiganbayan a plunder case, a non-bailable offense, against Marcoleta over the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations he allegedly received while he was still serving as a congressman. The OMB also filed three separate criminal cases for alleged violation of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 46, or the anti-gift law, against the senator and his alleged donors
Plunder, PD 46 cases consolidated
Also, Miranda announced that Marcoleta’s plunder case and one of the three criminal cases for alleged violation of PD No. 46, or the anti-gift law, will be consolidated and tried before the Third Division.
The consolidation transfers the PD 46 case from the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division, where it was originally raffled, to the Third Division for a joint trial with the plunder case.

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