Extra Large Order, No Receipt, Tip Went Straight to the Palace
By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — November 16, 2925
The Night Malacañang Allegedly Became a Drop-Off Point for the Biggest Heist in History
LATE-NIGHT Manila. A convoy of tinted SUVs pulls up to the back gate of Malacañang like it’s the world’s most expensive GrabFood drop-off. Out hops Zaldy Co and his boys, lugging suitcases so heavy the suspension groans louder than a taxpayer in April. Order details? One Presidential Special: P25 billion in cash, extra crispy, no receipt, leave at the door. Tip: 25% SOP.
If this were a movie, we’d call it over-the-top. But this is the bombshell Co detonated in two viral Facebook videos on 14–15 November 2025, and it is terrifyingly plausible.
From Denying Cash Deliveries to Personally Admitting He Was the Courier: A Masterclass in Selective Memory
Zaldy Co was the former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations — handpicked by Romualdez, sitting at the very heart of the budget process. Then the flood-control scandal erupted. His own construction firm, Sunwest Inc., was accused of gorging on anomalous Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contracts. Probes started. Co resigned. Fled abroad. And suddenly found religion.
One week he was denying his own aide Orly Guteza’s Senate testimony about cash-stuffed bags. The next week he was confessing: “I delivered it myself — with Paul Estrada and Mark Tecsay — to the President. 25% SOP (standard operating procedure). P25 billion.”
Suitcases, Stacks of Cash, and… Zero Verifiable Proof
Co posted dramatic photos of open suitcases brimming with peso bills. Very cinematic.
The Palace immediately pointed out the metadata shows the photos pre-date the 2025 bicameral conference committee meetings. Co’s reply? Essentially: “Dates are irrelevant.”
Where are the sworn affidavits? Where is the CCTV? Where are the bank records or the DPWH memos confirming the mythical “25% SOP”?
Answer: still hiding in the same place as Zaldy Co — somewhere abroad, safe from subpoenas.
Why Do “Presidential Insertions” Even Exist If the Money Is Legitimate?
If President Marcos genuinely needed P100 billion for legitimate projects, the transparent route is simple: put it in the National Expenditure Program (NEP) — the executive’s official budget proposal — up front, for everyone to see.
Instead, the allegation is that the President asked Congress to secretly “insert” the amount later, then allegedly collected a 25% cash commission.
Legitimate priorities don’t need to be smuggled into the budget like contraband.
An Open Letter to Zaldy Co Hiding in Luxury Abroad
Stop the Netflix-style videos. Come home. Walk into the Senate. Sit in front of the Ombudsman.
Bring the raw photo files, the sworn affidavits, the bank trails.
If you actually have proof that P25 billion in cash was handed to the President, history will forgive your own sins.
If you don’t? Then kindly shut up forever.
To President Marcos and Speaker Romualdez: “Hearsay” Is Not an Answer
“Pure hearsay” and “I won’t dignify” are not answers — they are arrogance.
Open the books. Release the full NEP vs. final General Appropriations Act (GAA) line-by-line comparison. Welcome an independent forensic audit.
Because right now, millions of Filipinos are asking: if there’s nothing to hide, why act like there is?
This Is the Death of Trust by a Thousand Suitcases
This isn’t just about P25 billion vanishing into private homes.
It’s about flood victims dying because money for dikes ended up in briefcases.
We swore “never again” after the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam.
Apparently “never again” had an expiration date.
Final Demand
To Zaldy Co: Put up or forever be branded the liar who cried P25 billion.
To President Marcos and Speaker Romualdez: Prove you’re clean — with transparency, not press releases.
To the Filipino people: Stop scrolling. Start raging.
–Barok
Key Citations
- Subingsubing, Krixia. “Marcos Got P25B from 2025 Budget Insertions — Zaldy Co.” Inquirer.net, 15 Nov. 2025.
- Co, Zaldy. Facebook. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
- Gita-Carlos, Ruth Abbey. “‘Pure Hearsay,’ Palace on Alleged PBBM Budget Insertion Order.” Philippine News Agency, 14 Nov. 2025. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
- Cordeo, Ted. “Zaldy Co Claims He Personally Delivered Suitcases of Money to Marcos, Romualdez.” GMA News Online, 15 Nov. 2025. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
- Cruz, James Patrick.”Flood Control Anomalies: The Case of Oriental Mindoro.” Rappler, 8 Sept. 2025. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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KWEBA ni BAROK 
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