ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider Marcos has no regrets on teaming up with VP Sara—Palace

Marcos has no regrets on teaming up with VP Sara—Palace

Published Jun 23, 2025 03:26 pm
If there are people regretting teaming up with President Marcos, “it's their loss, not the President's,” Malacañang hit back.
President Ferdinand
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP Photo)
It came as the Palace's response to the continuing exchange of tirades between Vice President Sara Duterte and the President.
Unlike Duterte, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said she never heard Marcos saying he was regretting teaming up with the vice president in the 2022 elections.
Castro was responding to the statement of Duterte on her vice presidential bid saying she did not bet properly with her running mate.
“Wala po akong nadidinig sa Pangulo na siya po ay nanghinayang kung siya naman po ay nakipag-team up sa bise presidente. Sa ugali po ng Pangulo hindi po natin madidinig ang mga ganung klaseng negatibo mula sa kanya, wala po tayong aasahan na ano mang paninira kanino man, 'yan po ang Pangulo (We do not hear the President saying he was regretting teaming up with the vice president. With the President's personality, we will never hear those kinds of negativities from him, we will not see him defaming anyone, that is the President),”Castro said in a Palace briefing on Monday, June 23.
“Kung may nagsisisi man sa kanya ay maka-team up siya (If there are people regretting teaming up with him), it's their loss, not the President's,” Castro added.
The Palace official also stressed that Marcos is not deceiving anybody when it comes to performing his duties, noting that the President even directed his administration to focus on their jobs and do away from politics.
“Budol? Talaga? Hindi ko alam kung sino ba ang nangbudol, hindi natin alam kung sino ba ang nambubudol. Sa nakikita po natin sa pagtatrabaho ng Pangulo, sa pag-uutos sa amin na focus sa trabaho at hindi pamumulitika, sino ba talaga ang nambubudol (Deceiving? Really? I do not know who did the deceiving, and we do not know who is really deceiving people. From what we’re seeing in the President’s work — his instructions to us to focus on work and not on politics — who is truly doing the deceiving?),” Castro said.
In an interview in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, Duterte said while she has no ill feelings about the “political persecution” she is receiving from the administration, she said she has problems with Marcos' performance.
Duterte hit Marcos saying, “>>he has the hallmark of a scammer.”
Marcos and Duterte were runningmates in the 2022 elections under the political alliance dubbed as “UniTeam.”
Their alliance started falling out when Duterte resigned from her position in the Cabinet as secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) in June last year. She later bared that her reason for stepping down from the Marcos Cabinet was a mix of personal and professional issues.

Related Tags

President Marcos Vice President Sara Duterte UniTeam
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.