Witness: Zaldy Co’s alleged kickbacks have acknowledgment receipts

Inquirer.net - Oct 22, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The alleged kickbacks delivered to former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co from state witness and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer Henry Alcantara have acknowledgement receipts (AR), a witness told the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Thursday. Wirt Walter Rosales, personal assistant of Alcantara, made this revelation when he testified during the bail

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