Court of Appeals freezes assets of Martin Romualdez, wife Yedda, and 2 daughters

A Tamarind Road property in Forbes Park. Bank accounts. Insurance policies. Vehicles. The Court of Appeals froze all of it, naming former Speaker Martin Romualdez, his wife Tingog Sinirangan Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez, their two daughters, and fraternity brother Paras, on probable cause for plunder, bribery, graft, and money laundering tied to flood-control kickbacks. The order references testimony from Christopher Esquivel and Gil Natividad Jr., two of the 18 ex-Marines witnesses who alleged delivering multi-billion-peso cash payments to Romualdez and former Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co.