MANILA, Oct. 16 -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday revealed that the Philippine National Police (PNP) returned PHP500 million of its PHP1.3-billion intelligence fund for 2025 after learning that the amount had been inserted in its budget by former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co.

"The PHP500 million, that was an insertion which we turned over to the Office of the President. We returned it because it was an insertion in the budget-and the insertion came from the person who requested 3,000 containers of fish," Remulla told senators during the Senate budget hearing.

Remulla was referring to the former lawmaker, whom Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. earlier revealed as one wh...