Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has failed in her bid for dismissal of a damage suit filed against her by 43 health workers who four years ago were suspected and detained as members of the New People’s Army (NPA).

A 12-page decision of the Special 11th Division of the Court of Appeals (CA), penned by Associate Justice Victoria Isabel Paredes, ruled that a petition for certiorari of the former leader must be dismissed.

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