{
  "id": 6544442,
  "title": "Fallen speaker: High-flying Martin Romualdez ordered to Payatas Jail over ₱7.4B plunder scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/fallen-speaker-high-flying-martin-romualdez-ordered-to-payatas-jail",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T05:29:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/fallen-speaker-high-flying-martin-romualdez-ordered-to-payatas-jail-over-74b-plunder-scandal-1.500669357"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, a cousin to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has been ordered by an anti-graft court to be transferred to Payatas Jail following his arrest on charges of ₱7.4 billion plunder, graft, bribery, and money laundering. The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division transferred custody of the Leyte representative to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) at the New Quezon City Jail-Male Dormitory in Payatas. Romualdez, who was initially held in a private medical center, was placed in a standard detention facility after doctors cleared him for transport. He remains confined at Cardinal Santos Medical Center pending hearings on his hospital arrest.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}