Hello, everyone! @here I hope masarap ang Sunday dinner niyo and well rested kayong lahat bago sumabak sa panibagong linggo! Just sharing this statement Shamah Bulangis of Girls Congress noong pumunta ang Rappler sa Dumaguete noong February 5, 2026.

Good morning, Corruption Watchers @here! The Anti-Money Laundering Council is set to testify before the Sandiganbayan at 8:30 am today, April 7, against policontractor Zaldy Co.

Rappler reporter @Jairo Bolledo-Rappler will be giving us the highlights of today’s hearing in this channel. Stay tuned!

Co, the resigned congressman of Ako Bicol party-list group, is facing graft and malversation cases in connection with flood control projects. He is hiding in Portugal, with which the Philippines doesn’t have an extradition treaty.

So far, the Sandiganbayan has ordered 16 of his properties worth more than P215 million seized, while the Bureau of Customs also got his luxury cars worth P145 million.

President Marcos previously said the AMLC had issued freeze orders on the assets of several flood control corruption players, covering a total of P12 billion. They include Co’s aircraft that are reportedly in Malaysia and Singapore.

While waiting for Jairo’s updates from the anti-graft court, you can read @Dwight de Leon - Rappler’s series of investigative reports on Zaldy Co’s wealth and conflict of interest. Links here:

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/leyte-zaldy-co-sunwest-bags-billions-pesos-dpwh-contracts-romualdez-district/nwest-public-works-contractor/ldy-co-scandal-plagued-business-fortunes-sunwest/

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/zaldy-co-beneficial-owner-sunwest-public-works-contractor/

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/leyte-zaldy-co-sunwest-bags-billions-pesos-dpwh-contracts-romualdez-district/

Why the Anti-Money Laundering Council's testimony is important in Zaldy Co's malversation case

The Sandiganbayan 6th Division has just ended the hearing on Zaldy Co's malversation case. The prosecution has presented its last witness, Jan Mark Busa of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, who testified about the cash flow and financial transaction between Co and Sunwest.

Why is this important? The prosecution rests its case on the fact that Co is the beneficial owner of Sunwest which secured contracts from the government while the former lawmaker is a sitting congressman. The AMLC testimony, according to the prosecution, indeed proves that Co is still the Sunwest's owner, even after he supposedly divested from the company.

Zaldy Co has P802-million bank deposits from Sunwest – witness

Embattled former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co has allegedly received bank inflow of P802 million from contractor Sunwest, a financial investigator of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) reveals.

According to the testimony of AMLC financial investigator Jan Mark Busa, Co allegedly received the said bank inflow through check deposits from Sunwest's accounts from 2019 to 2025. The prosecution says this is enough to prove that the resigned lawmaker is the Sunwest's beneficial owner.

"That is his (Co) connection with the contractor and in the entire conspiracy. So essentially, he is benefiting. In summary, based on the bank records that the AMLC was able to secure, there were transactions, cash inflows, deposits from SunWest to the accounts of Zaldy Co," the prosecution team tells reporters after the Sandiganbayan 6th Division hearing on Tuesday, April 7.

Everything’s in here: How Zaldy Co is tied to Sunwest, why the P802 million is important in the case, and what this means to Co’s charge:

Good afternoon!

The Sandiganbayan 4th Division holds its hearing for the graft case against former senator Bong Revilla and ex-DPWH Bulacan officials on Tuesday, April 7. This stems from a P98-million ghost flood control project in Bulacan.

The prosecution is expected to present witnesses from the National Bureau of Investigation.