ILOILO City – Norenza Machado has been charged with violation of Batas Pambansa 22.
Also called the bouncing checks law, the Act penalizes the making or drawing and issuance of a check without sufficient funds or credit.
Machado, a resident of Barangay MARI Poblacion (Mabini-Rizal), Maasin, Iloilo, was arrested on Thursday. Officers served her a warrant of arrest at around 8:05 a.m., a police report showed.
Judge Laebeth Varquez of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court Branch 1 in Tagbilaran City issued the arrest warrant and set the bail bond at P6,000.
Machado was detained at the Maasin police station. It was not clear as of this writing if the suspect has posted bail./PN
