Bong Revilla visits ailing father Ramon Sr. at St. Luke’s

Police escorts have brought Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. to the St. Luke's Medical Center-Global City to visit his ailing father, radio station dzBB reported on Tuesday afternoon.

Former Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr., 88, has been confined at the hospital for pneumonia and dehydration since Saturday.

The son, who's detained on plunder charges in connection with his alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam, arrived at the hospital at 2:50 p.m.

The Sandiganbayan First Division earlier on Tuesday allowed Revilla Jr. to leave his detention facility for five hours to visit his ailing father.

"The court resolves to grant the accused's motion," First Division chairman Associate Justice Efren De la Cruz said in open court in a short hearing Tuesday morning.In a minute resolution issued a few hours after the hearing, the First Division gave Revilla's camp an option to go to St/ Luke's Medical Center in Taguig City either on Tuesday (July 14) or Wednesday (July 15).
 
The court said Revilla must be transported from Camp Crame to SLMC not earlier than one hour before 3 p.m., which is considered as the starting time of his visit.
 
The court said the senator must leave the hospital not later than 8 p.m. of the same day and must be "brought back immediately to his detention cell at Camp Crame." -NB, GMA News