Manila, Jan. 20 -- Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon is confident that the charges and pieces of evidence against former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co and others involved in the anomalous flood control project in Oriental Mindoro are well-founded.

"For us, the evidence is strong. We are confident that the Sandiganbayan will prove that the project was indeed substandard and that Sunwest, former Congressman Zaldy Co, and the DPWH colluded to build a substandard project to steal the money of our countrymen," Dizon said in an interview after his testimony before the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday.

Co and several former officials of the DPWH-Mimaropa are facing graft charges linked to an anomalous flood control project...