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<div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XKNVP-gcn78?si=PrRy6eOkaJoj8YzV" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div><p>MANILA — A former staff member of Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co said he was ordered in various instances to deliver &quot;basura&quot; (trash), or suitcases containing money to Co and then House Speaker Martin Romualdez, as their portions from anomalous flood control projects.</p><p>&quot;Higit kumulang tatlong beses ako mismo ang nag-deliver ng basura sa bahay ni Congressman Zaldy Co sa Horizon Residences at sa bahay ni Speaker Romualdez sa 42 McKinley Street, Taguig,&quot; Orly Guteza, Co’s former security consultant, read in his affidavit during the Senate&#x27;s <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/senate-resumes-flood-control-probe-in-sixth-hearing-0900">sixth </a>hearing on  flood control projects.</p><p>(Around three times, I myself delivered the &#x27;basura&#x27; to Congressman Zaldy Co&#x27;s house at Horizon Residences and Speaker Romualdez&#x27;s house at 42 McKinley Street, Taguig)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/sham-flood-control-projects-placed-in-other-districts-upon-zaldy-co-s-order-alcantara-1108">Sham flood control projects placed in other districts upon Zaldy Co’s order: Alcantara</a></div><p>On average, Guteza said he delivered 15 to 18 suitcases in a week from December 2024 until August this year, when he resigned from Co’s office. </p><p>Some money, he noted, was delivered from Co to Romualdez’s house.</p><p>“Usually pag nanggagaling na sa Horizon na idine-deliver na doon sa Forbes, minsan mayroong 15 o kaya 18 na maleta. Pero malalaking maleta iyon. Nagre-rate yung bawat maleta, minsan mayroong 48, may 50 (million pesos),” he said.</p><p>(Usually, 15 to 18 suitcases were delivered from Horizon to Forbes. But they were big suitcases. Each suitcase usually contains P48 to P50 million)</p><p>Guteza noted that the biggest amount of money he delivered in a week was P2.2 billion placed in 46 suitcases containing P48 million each.</p><p>He said this was the time when he identified Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap.</p><p>Yap, in a statement, denied any involvement in the case saying, “I have never accepted, nor authorized, the delivery of money in connection with flood control projects. These claims are untrue.”</p><p>The congressman said he is open to facing Guteza &quot;in a proper forum and under proceedings where my constitutional rights are respected.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/ex-dpwh-exec-roberto-bernardo-admits-wrongdoing-in-flood-control-fiasco-0916">Ex-DPWH exec Roberto Bernardo tags Escudero, Co, Revilla, Binay in kickbacks</a></div><div><br/></div><p>More details to follow.</p>

<p>A staff member of Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co said he was ordered in various instances to deliver "basura," or suitcases containing money to Co and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, as their portions from the anomalous flood control projects.</p>

A staff member of Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co said he was ordered in various instances to deliver "basura," or suitcases containing money to Co and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, as their portions from the anomalous flood control projects.

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Suitcases of money delivered to Romualdez, Zaldy Co houses: staff

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Published Sep 25, 2025 11:18 AM PHT

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Updated Sep 25, 2025 12:35 PM PHT

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