PNP: Cabral tested positive for anti-depressantsThen Department of Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Catalina Cabral attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee motu proprio hearing on flood control, Sept. 8, 2025. Trigger warning: suicide, mental health issuesMANILA, Philippines — The body of the late public works and highways undersecretary Maria Catalina "Cathy" Cabral has tested positive for anti-depressant medication, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. In a toxicology report released to the media on Tuesday, December 23, the PNP said that Cabral tested positive for citalopram, which it said is an anti-depressant drug. “Partial qualitative examination conducted on specimens B and C gave POSITIVE results to the test for the presence of Citalopram, an antidepressant drug.”According to the PNP, test tubes labeled “urine” and “vitreus” gave positive results containing citalopram. This was amid the investigation into the flood control projects, where she was accused of managing budget allocations for flood control projects, including insertions favoring lawmakers.

Source: Philippine Star December 23, 2025 10:48 UTC