Ex-LTO chief Virginia Torres dies of cardiac arrest

Former Land Transportation Office Chief Virginia Torres died on Saturday morning of cardiac arrest.

An earlier post on its Twitter account, dzBB radio said the former LTO chief's death was confirmed by her brother Ruben Torres.

FLASH: Dating LTO Chief Virgie Torres, pumanaw na dahil sa heart attack. Kinumpirma ito ng kanyang kapatid na si Ruben Torres. | @Rodveg72

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) January 2, 2016

A separate report on GMA News indicated that Virgie Torres died of cardiac arrest.

Quoting Virgie's brother Ruben Torres, a GMA News report said that at 10 a.m. on Friday she was brought to the Medical City in Clark, Pampanga after compalining of chest pains.

At about 1:06 a.m. Saturday she passed away, the report added.

Her funeral wake will be in Paniqui, Tarlac.

The late ex-LTO chief had been recently  involved in a controversy with the Bureau of Customs  for supposedly using her influence to release controversial container vans of merchandise. — LBG, GMA News