Sandiganbayan pinagdiinang pagtanggi ng bail sa 9 co-accused ni Zaldy Co

Pinagdiinang ng Sandiganbayan ang desisyon nitong tanggihan ang pag-post ng bail ng siyam na co-accused ni Zaldy Co, ang dating mambabatas na naging takas, sa kaso ng malversation sa flood control project sa Oriental Mindoro. Ipinahayag ito sa isang 27-pahina na resolusyon ng Sixth Division ng anti-graft court.

Sa Manila, naglabas ng 27-pahina na resolusyon ang Sixth Division ng Sandiganbayan na nagdiinang ng pagtanggi sa motion for reconsideration ng mga dating opisyal ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Mimaropa. Hiniling ng mga akusado na baligtarin ang naunang pagtanggi sa kanilang bail, ngunit tinanggihan ito dahil wala itong merit.

Hindi sumang-ayon ang korte sa argumento ng mga akusado na nabigo ang ebidensya ng prosecution na patunayan ang conspiracy. Ayon sa korte, ang mga sertipikasyon, rekomendasyon, at pag-apruba nila ay nagresulta sa paglabas ng pondo ng DPWH sa Sunwest Inc., na konektado kay Co, kahit nabigo itong tapusin ang trabaho ayon sa specs.

Ang mga na-deny ng bail ay sina Gerald Pacanan, dating regional director; Gene Ryan Altea, dating assistant regional director; Ruben D.S. Santos, dating assistant regional director; Dominic Serrano, dating chief ng construction division at BAC chairman; Felisardo Casuno, dating project engineer 3; Lerma Cayco, dating accountant IV; Dennis Abagon, dating OIC-chief ng quality assurance and hydrology division at BAC member; Montrexis Tamayo, dating OIC ng planning and design division; at Juliet Calvo, dating maintenance division chief.

Samantala, nagsabi si Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida ng pagtaas sa bilang ng prosecutors mula 2,883 noong 2022 hanggang 3,968 noong Marso 2026, na nagdulot ng mas mabilis na resolusyon ng mga kaso, ayon sa kanyang 100-day accomplishment report noong Martes.

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The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has issued a writ of preliminary attachment against 16 properties of former lawmaker Zaldy Co to secure over P215 million in potential civil liabilities from alleged graft and malversation in a flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. The decision was promulgated on March 4, 2026, and made public on March 9. Co faces the charges and has been declared a fugitive after leaving the Philippines before the Ombudsman filed the case in November 2025.

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Henry Alcantara, a former district engineer at the DPWH Bulacan regional office and now a state witness, will testify in the malversation trial against resigned lawmaker and fugitive Zaldy Co and 15 others over an alleged substandard P289.5-million flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.

Former lawmaker Zaldy Co will be turned over first to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group before the Sandiganbayan upon his arrival in the Philippines, the Philippine National Police said. No exact return date has been set from his detention in Prague, Czech Republic. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed support for agency coordination.

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Tacloban City Regional Trial Court Branch 45 has denied appeals by activists Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil against their terrorism financing conviction and bail plea. Groups including NUJP and KAPATID condemned the ruling as a dangerous precedent. Their legal counsel plans to pursue remedies to reverse it.

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