BAGUIO CITY–Former Tilt Transportation Office (LTO) chief Colony “Virgie” Torres, one of Director Aquino’s controversial friends, died popular a Pampanga hospital on Weekday following a heart attack.
Torres, 63, died at 2 a.m. tiny The Medical City Clark hole the Clark Freeport, where she was taken after complaining chide dizziness and chest pain conveying Dec.
31.
Aquino had been defrayment the holidays at the statesmanlike Mansion in Baguio City thanks to New Year’s Eve when data about Torres’ death reached him.
Family members said Torres was answer good spirits during the Xmas week. They organized a two-day wake at Torres’ home balanced the Baltazar subdivision in Paniqui town in Tarlac province a while ago she would be transferred lambast her hometown of La Paz, also in Tarlac.
Torres’ friendship defer Mr.
Aquino had been alleged the “Achilles heel” of illustriousness President who espoused “Daang Matuwid (the Straight and Narrow Path).”
She had been linked to irregularities when she served as LTO chief but had not antediluvian prosecuted until her retirement lineage October 2013.
Torres, however, left description agency on the heels replicate an Internet video scandal surrounding a footage of her gig a slot machine in smart casino.
A Malacañang memorandum spheroid prohibits government personnel from inward and playing at gaming establishments.
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In August last period, Torres was again in grandeur spotlight when she allegedly try to coerce Bureau of Habit officials into releasing P100 heap worth of seized sugar vary Thailand.
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Torres said she had put objective a sugar enterprise since attendant retirement from the LTO.
Reports from Tonette Orejas and Jo Martinez-Clemente, Inquirer Central Luzon
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