MANILA, Philippines–Associate Justice Teresita Diaz Baldos of Sandiganbayan Second Division ordered the issuance of another arrest warrant Thursday against suspended Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia for her failure to attend the scheduled arraignment of her graft case.
Garcia is facing a graft case stemming from the questionable purchase of the Balili property in Naga worth P98 million.
Judge Baldos also ordered the confiscation of her P90,000 bail bond for her first warrant of arrest issued last year.
Garcia’s principal lawyer, Attorney Tranquil Salvador III, said his client’s failure to show up Thursday was due to a speaking engagement for an elementary school graduation in Cebu.
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