Connect to share and comment  Gloria Arroyo, former Philippines
president, arrested  Authorities in the Philippines have
arrested former president Gloria Arroyo, after vote-tampering
charges were filed by the Election Commission.  Philippines
arrest warrant gloria arroyoEnlarge In a file picture taken on
November 15, 2011, former Philippine President and congresswoman
Gloria Arroyo (C) arrives at the Manila International Airport in
Manila. (NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images)  Former Philippine
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on charges of
election fraud Friday.  Arroyo, who was arrested while in her
hospital room, is now the second former Philippine leader to
face charges, the Associated Press reported.  A court in the
Philippines issued an arrest warrant for Arroyo earlier on
Friday, after vote-tampering charges were filed by the Election
Commission.  The warrant came hours after the Philippine supreme
court ruled that Arroyo should be free to travel overseas to
seek medical treatment, Al Jazeera re