ManilaAn anti-graft court ordered Marcos’s own cousin arrested.
It tests whether Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s anti-corruption pledge reaches his family.
The Ombudsman accuses ex-House speaker Martin Romualdez of taking 7.44 billion pesos in flood-control kickbacks over 2022-2025.
Romualdez, hospitalized after the warrant, faces a non-bailable plunder charge with no trial date set.
Sources: Rappler, Inquirer.net, Reuters