Former Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan is in ‘stable’ condition as of Tuesday morning, July 14, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.
Bonoan is expected to appear before the Sandiganbayan Second Division on Tuesday for a hearing on his graft case.
‘Bonoan is stable. Those are the reports we received from the PNP General Hospital,’ PNP public information chief, Col. Allen Rae Co, said in an interview at Camp Crame.
‘No life-threatening conditions or other illnesses have since developed,’ he added. Bonoan surrendered to the PNP in June over a plunder case before the Sandiganbayan Third Division in connection with alleged anomalies in flood control projects.
However, he was brought to and confined at the PNP General Hospital after experiencing a spike in his blood pressure.
Bonoan was briefly taken to The Medical City in Pasig City upon the PNP’s recommendation, citing a supposed need for more advanced testing, but the Sandiganbayan ordered that he be confined at the PNP General Hospital. /mcm