00:00Senator Lauren Legarda has again extended her medical leave, this time until October 9.
00:05Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr. confirms the senator filed for medical leave from September 21 to 23, September 28 to
00:13October 2, and October 5 to 9.
00:16Legarda first filed for medical leave from August 3 to 5 and has been extending it since then.
00:20She first left the country with her son, Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Leviste, on August 2.
00:26This was days after plunder and graft complaints were announced against them by the Office of the Ombudsman over Leviste's
00:32solar energy projects.
00:34Legarda has stopped receiving her salary as she continues to be absent from plenary sessions and the impeachment trial.
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