Arroyo still unfit for regular detention cell

FORMER President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may still be unfit to be transferred from the presidential suite of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City to a regular detention facility, one of her doctors said Friday.

Arroyo is reportedly suffering from cervical and lumbar osteoarthritis and will need physical therapy, said VMMC physician Antonio Sison in a hearing at the sala of Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 112 Judge Jesus Mupas. (more)