Prosecution asks anti-graft court to cancel bail of former Palawan gov

THE prosecution is asking the Sandiganbayan Third Division to cancel the bail of former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes and sought his immediate commitment to prison "in view of his conviction" of graft in connection with the renewal of a firm's small scale mining permit in 2006.

"With the advent of his recent release from detention in relation to said murder case last 5 January 2017..., the prosecution deems it necessary to file the foregoing omnibus motion," the prosecution said in part in an Urgent Omnibus Motion.