Sara Duterte

Philippines top court throws out impeachment complaint against VP Duterte

She is widely seen as a strong contender for the 2028 presidency, which Marcos cannot contest due to a single-term limit for Philippine presidents

Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte gather for a rally in Davao City, in the southern island of Mindanao on March 28. Last year, Duterte himself pushed the idea of a separate Mindanao nation.
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Dynastic clashes in fragile states

THE dispatch of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to the Hague to face an International Criminal Court trial has ramifications beyond a dynastic clash between the Marcos and the Dutertes. T...

Philippines' vice-president Sara Duterte, whose alliance with President Ferdinand Marcos has imploded spectacularly, was impeached by the House of Representatives last Wednesday on charges of “violation of the constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, and other high crimes”.

Sara Duterte’s future in balance as Philippine election season kicks off

CAMPAIGNING began in the Philippines on Tuesday for mid-term elections that could set the table for the next presidential race and determine the political future of impeached Vice-President Sara Duter...

215 of the 306 lawmakers endorsed a complaint seeking Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment.

Philippine Congress endorses impeachment complaint against vice-president 

Sara Duterte would be the Philippines’ second most senior official to face removal from office.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte “vehemently denies having made any threat,” and that the content and context of the Nov 23 online briefing during which she allegedly made the remarks “will bear this out.”

The Philippines probe to go ahead as Duterte skips questioning

The Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation will proceed with probing Vice President Sara Duterte’s apparent assassination threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr after she failed to appear...

The complaint adds to Duterte’s legal woes as she faces a probe into her alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos and another inquiry into her use of government funds.

Philippine groups file impeachment bid against VP Duterte

While President Marcos’ allies hold a majority in the House of Representatives, he has publicly called such efforts a waste of time

Sara Duterte (top) appeared to walk those comments back on Tuesday, describing them as an expression of “consternation” at the Marcos administration’s “failure to serve the Filipinos while it masterfully persecutes political enemies”.

Philippine VP denies assassination plot against Marcos

The country’s justice department issued a subpoena demanding she appear at a formal inquiry

Hours earlier, in his first public comments on the matter, Marcos vowed to “fight back” in the face of a threat he labelled “disturbing”.

Philippine VP Duterte ‘mastermind’ of assassination plot: justice department

Sara Duterte says she has made arrangements for Marcos, his wife Liza Araneta Marcos, and his cousin House Speaker Martin Romualdez to be murdered if she’s killed

(Right) Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte’s alliance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (left) had been on shaky ground within a year of their 2022 landslide win on a joint ticket.

Duterte heir signals Philippine ambition with break from Marcos

WEEKS ago, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was speaking of his deputy, Vice-President Sara Duterte, in glowing terms. With Duterte resigning from his cabinet this week, the president’s “best...