Sen. Rodante Marcoleta. INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, who has been under hospital confinement since his arrest for a nonbailable plunder case on Monday, is now fit to travel as his health condition had improved, a Philippine National Police doctor told the Sandiganbayan on Friday.

Marcoleta, unlike his coaccused former Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor and businessmen Joseph Espiritu and Aristotle Viray, has yet to be committed to the Quezon City Jail after he was placed under observation at the PNP General Hospital (PNPGH) in Camp Crame due to his fluctuating blood pressure.

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The senator was expected to return to the Sandiganbayan last Wednesday to continue his booking process.FEATURED STORIES