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Sandiganbayan building in Quezon City. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

Sandigan Bayan, Quezon City. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Sandiganbayan 

Agatha Gregorio

ABS-CBN News

<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176352377628120160801-sandigan-bayan-JC-2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sandiganbayan building in Quezon City. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATED)</strong> — The Sandiganbayan has raffled off the malversation and graft cases against former congressman Zaldy Co, several officials of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region IV-B, and Sunwest Corp.’s Board of Directors on Wednesday morning.</p><p>One of the graft charges solely against Co will be handled by the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division chaired by Associate Justice Lorifel Lacap Pahimna.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/13/marcos-flood-corruption-suspects-to-be-jailed-before-christmas-1046"><strong>Marcos: Flood control corruption suspects to be jailed &#x27;before Christmas&#x27;</strong></a></div><p>The other graft case against Co and others will be under the anti-graft court’s Fifth Division chaired by Associate Justice Zaldy Trespeses.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division will be in charge of the malversation case against Co and the other respondents. This division is chaired by Associate Justice Sarah Jane Fernandez.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/18/lacson-clears-marcos-in-zaldy-co-s-kickback-claims-blames-undersecretaries-instead-1551"><strong>Lacson clears Marcos in Zaldy Co’s kickback claims, says two officials &#x27;misrepresented&#x27; President</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>CASES FILED OVER ORIENTAL MINDORO DIKE</strong></div><p>The Office of the Ombudsman <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/18/ombudsman-files-raps-vs-zaldy-co-others-in-oriental-mindoro-flood-control-project-1623">on Tuesday filed the cases </a>against the former House lawmaker and the other respondents over their ties to a &quot;grossly&quot; substandard road dike in Oriental Mindoro province.</p><p>This marked the first set of cases referred by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure to make it to the anti-graft court.</p><p>A motion for the urgent raffle of cases and immediate issuance of warrant of arrest and hold departure order was filed on the same day.</p><p>The regular raffle is scheduled every Friday, but a special raffle may be conducted on “any day as soon as possible, upon motion by any party for valid and urgent reasons as determined by the Chairperson of the Raffle Committee,” based on the Sandiganbayan’s internal rules.</p><p>All divisions, except the First Division, participated in the special raffle. The Sixth and Seventh Division were assigned two entries for the raffle as they had no cases assigned in previous draws.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/18/ombudsman-files-raps-vs-zaldy-co-others-in-oriental-mindoro-flood-control-project-1623"><strong>Ombudsman files raps vs Zaldy Co, others in Oriental Mindoro flood control project</strong></a></div><p>Meanwhile, the ICI on Wednesday wrote to the Department of Justice to seek an immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) against 17 individuals, including former DPWH officials and Sunwest executives. </p><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17635351991841763535196679.jpeg" style="width:500px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oilmS5xptcU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lrDr7kmKBSA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Sandiganbayan raffled off the malversation and graft cases against former congressman Zaldy Co, several officials of DPWH Region IV-B, and Sunwest Corporation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday morning.</p>

The Sandiganbayan raffled off the malversation and graft cases against former congressman Zaldy Co, several officials of DPWH Region IV-B, and Sunwest Corporation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday morning.

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Cases vs Zaldy Co, DPWH officials, Sunwest board raffled off at Sandiganbayan

Agatha Gregorio,

ABS-CBN News,

Published Nov 19, 2025 11:50 AM PHT

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Updated Nov 19, 2025 06:43 PM PHT

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