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Joint testimony of 18 ex-bodyguards of Co mostly hearsay, says NBI
The 18 ex-Marines, allegedly former bodyguards of Rep. Zaldy Co, face the Senate blue ribbon committee led by Sen. Pia Cayetano during the June 4 meeting.—PHOTOS BY BULLIT MARQUEZ
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June 9, 2026June 9, 2026News

Joint testimony of 18 ex-bodyguards of Co mostly hearsay, says NBI

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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has found that the joint testimony of 18 former bodyguards of fugitive and former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, alleging they delivered billions of pesos in flood control funds to lawmakers, has “no probative value,” as it was mostly hearsay and a “coordinated narrative.”  “The evidence is weak....

Let’s hear it from the President’s mouth
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announces the issuance of warrants of arrest for ex-Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co and 17 others over an anomalous flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. —SCREENGRAB FROM MARCOS JR. FACEBOOK VIDEO
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November 22, 2025December 16, 2025Opinion

Let’s hear it from the President’s mouth

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In a surprising turn, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. personally announced the Sandiganbayan’s issuance of warrants for the arrest of ex-Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co and 17 others in connection with an anomalous flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. It was an obvious effort to demonstrate control of the raging corruption scandal. But in the...

Former Ako Bicol party list representative Zaldy Co alleges that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed him to make ₱100 billion worth of project insertions at the bicameral conference committee (or bicam) while former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo names new lawmakers and government officials allegedly involved in the flood control corruption issue during the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on Friday, Nov. 14. —PHOTOS FROM ZALDY CO'S FACEBOOK REEL AND BY BULLIT MARQUEZ
Former Rep. Zaldy Co. (left) a prime suspect in the multibillion-peso flood control scandal, says in a rare video that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had directed him to insert ₱100 billion worth of projects during the bicameral conference committee meeting on the national budget. Former public works undersecretary Roberto Bernardo names new lawmakers and government officials allegedly involved in the flood control mess during the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing last Friday, Nov. 14. —PHOTOS FROM ZALDY CO'S FACEBOOK AND BY BULLIT MARQUEZ
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November 15, 2025December 16, 2025News

Zaldy Co makes bombshell claims, Roberto Bernardo names more names

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Zaldy Co begged off from participating at the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon committee inquiry into the flood control corruption scandal on Friday, supposedly for health reasons. But three hours into the hearing, the former Ako Bicol party list lawmaker who has been out of the country since July surfaced in a video on Facebook...