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The Sandiganbayan building in Quezon City, February 19, 2020. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

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Kaxandra Salonga

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178832558480820200219-sandganbayan-headquarters-JC-1098.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The Sandiganbayan building in Quezon City, February 19, 2020. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The lawyer of former Department of Public Works and Highways-Mimaropa official Juliet Calvo asked the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division to place her under house arrest after she reportedly suffered a brain hemorrhage that left her partially paralyzed and unable to speak.</p><p>Calvo, former DPWH-Mimaropa Maintenance Division chief and co-accused of former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co, is facing a malversation case over an allegedly anomalous road dike project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.</p><p>Calvo’s lawyer Edwin Labro Jr. earlier asked the court that his client be allowed to transfer from a private hospital in Pasig City to the Philippine Heart Center and be placed under hospital arrest.</p><p>Labro also asked that Calvo be placed under house arrest for the duration of the proceedings once she is discharged from the hospital.</p><p>A physician who has treated Calvo since 2018 testified on Wednesday that she requires continuous medical attention, including regular monitoring of her blood pressure and blood sugar, to avoid another bleeding episode that could result in a more debilitating stroke.</p><p>He confirmed that Calvo is partially paralyzed and cannot walk independently.</p><p>The doctor said Calvo is undergoing physical rehabilitation that could take three to six months, although in some cases it could take up to a year.</p><p>The prosecution did not object to Calvo’s request for a transfer to another hospital but objected to the request for house arrest.</p><p>Meanwhile, a jail warden of the Quezon City Female Dormitory told the court that their clinic can provide care for patients who suffered a stroke and can refer patients to specialists when necessary.</p><p>The court, chaired by Associate Justice Sarah Fernandez, directed the prosecution to submit a formal comment on the matter within two days.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>PROSECUTION STIPULATES MINDORO DIKE NOT GHOST</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Meanwhile, former DPWH-Mimaropa OIC Regional Director Editha Babaran returned to the Sandiganbayan to testify before the Fifth Division’s graft trial involving the same road dike project.</p><p>Babaran previously conducted an inspection on the project site with DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon and Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito “Bonz” Dolor.</p><p>During cross-examination, Babaran told the defense that she had no evidence showing that the project contract itself had been damaged because of the length of the steel sheet piles, which measured only 3 meters instead of the required 12 meters required under the project’s Detailed Engineering Design.</p><p>Babaran acknowledged that she did not individually measure all 59 sheet piles or personally measure each pile down to its bottom end. She said she relied on visual inspection and observed that the piles appeared to be at the same level.</p><p>The prosecution then stipulated that the project was not a ghost project.</p><div> </div><div><strong>OTHER STORIES: </strong></div><div><strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/1/sandiganbayan-grants-bid-to-discharge-bonoan-as-estrada-s-co-accused-in-plunder-graft-2113"></a></strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/1/sandiganbayan-grants-bid-to-discharge-bonoan-as-estrada-s-co-accused-in-plunder-graft-2113"></a><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/1/sandiganbayan-grants-bid-to-discharge-bonoan-as-estrada-s-co-accused-in-plunder-graft-2113">Sandiganbayan grants prosecution&#x27;s bid to discharge Bonoan as Estrada&#x27;s co-accused in plunder, graft </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/23/sandiganbayan-grants-ex-dpwh-mimaropa-official-s-bid-to-undergo-heart-check-up-1210">Sandiganbayan grants ex-DPWH-Mimaropa official’s bid to undergo heart check-up </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/5/sandiganbayan-allows-ex-dpwh-chief-bonoan-s-hospital-arrest-1025">Sandiganbayan allows ex-DPWH chief Bonoan’s hospital arrest</a><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/5/sandiganbayan-allows-ex-dpwh-chief-bonoan-s-hospital-arrest-1025"></a><strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/5/sandiganbayan-allows-ex-dpwh-chief-bonoan-s-hospital-arrest-1025"></a></strong></div>

<p>The lawyer of former Department of Public Works and Highways-Mimaropa official Juliet Calvo asked the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division to place her under house arrest after she reportedly suffered a brain hemorrhage that left her partially paralyzed and unable to speak.</p>

The lawyer of former Department of Public Works and Highways-Mimaropa official Juliet Calvo asked the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division to place her under house arrest after she reportedly suffered a brain hemorrhage that left her partially paralyzed and unable to speak.

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Ex-DPWH-Mimaropa official seeks house arrest after brain hemorrhage

Kaxandra Salonga,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 02, 2026 01:09 PM PHT

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