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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Senator Jinggoy Estrada posting bail in a graft case linked to flood control projects.
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada posted bail on May 29 after an arrest warrant was issued in a graft case linked to flood control projects. The Sandiganbayan Second Division set the amount at P90,000. Hearings on the scandal are set to resume on June 4.

Nine of 11 people facing graft and malversation charges over an alleged anomalous flood control project in Bulacan are now in government custody following the arrest of contractor Curlee Discaya II.

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Senator Jinggoy Estrada posted bail of P90,000 on May 29 for a graft charge tied to a flood control scandal. The Sandiganbayan’s Second Division issued an arrest warrant and hold departure order that day, but the Fifth Division has not yet acted on the related non-bailable plunder charge. A detention cell has been prepared for him at the New Quezon City Jail.

Alleged former security aides of ex-congressman Zaldy Co rehashed corruption allegations during a June 16, 2026 event in Mandaluyong City that was billed as a Senate hearing but became a press briefing.

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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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