MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday confirmed that fugitive former Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co has been arrested and detained in Prague, ending months-long efforts to locate the ex-lawmaker linked to the multibillion-peso flood control project controversy.
The Inquirer first broke the story, citing initial information from unimpeachable sources with direct knowledge of the case, that Co had been apprehended abroad while he was trying to enter the country without proper documents.
April 17 , 2026 – 10:05 AM
Zaldy Co said Pangandaman instructed him to include P100 billion in insertions in the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB)
April 17 , 2026 – 09:14 AM
Meanwhile, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said in a radio interview on Friday that Zaldy Co may be back in the Philippines
April 17 , 2026 – 09:12 AM
“The latest information confirms that Zaldy Co was stopped at the German border after entering from the Czech Republic.
April 17 , 2026 – 08:05 AM
Co, former chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, which oversees the national budget, left the country after being implicated…
April 16 , 2026 – 09:39 PM
Three government agencies said that they have yet to obtain any information about the supposed arrest of resigned Rep. Zaldy Co in Prague.
April 17 , 2026 – 12:05 AM
Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. expects his former party co-nominee, Elizaldy Co, to tell everything he knows.
April 16 , 2026 – 10:59 PM
Following the arrest of former representative Elizalde “Zaldy” Co, Sen. Ping Lacson said Co will be invited to a senate panel hearing.
April 16 , 2026 – 10:41 PM
Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon expects the arrest of former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co in Prague, Czech Republic.
April 16 , 2026 – 11:15 PM
The PNP offered to provide assistance in possibly coordinating the return of fugitive former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co to the Philippines.
April 16 , 2026 – 08:23 PM
Authorities are verifying if fugitive former Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co has been arrested in Prague.
September 18 , 2025 – 01:12 PM
In the aftermath of a typhoon, when floodwaters swallowed barangays and roads turned into rivers, one name kept surfacing — not just in congressional hearings, but in construction sites, budget files, and social media fury: party list Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co (Ako Bicol).
