Ramon Tulfo admits error in Romualdez exposé

MANILA, Philippines — Columnist Ramon Tulfo on Thursday admitted that his expose claiming that former House Speaker Martin Romualdez could go in and out of jail was erroneous.

READ: Court to BJMP: Did you let Romualdez out?

“I was fed the wrong report that former Speaker Martin Romualdez could go in and out of jail,” Tulfo’s Facebook post reads.

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Tulfo also said reports that Romualdez was “riding in an ambulance and the brownouts taking place so he would not be seen going out and coming back in” were not true.

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“No such thing happened when the facts started coming in yesterday. It was fiction. I goofed. No excuses. I should have first checked and cross-checked that report I received on Romualdez,” he added.

READ: BJMP allows Romualdez’s staff to attend to his needs, court told

Tulfo’s reports prompted the Sandiganbayan Third Division to conduct a hearing to check on Romualdez’s condition in jail.

Romualdez’s camp, meanwhile, told the Sandiganbayan Third Division that it had asked Tulfo to delete his Facebook posts. /mcm