Malacañang said it is up to Vice President Sara Duterte whether she will attend the plenary deliberations for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) 2026 budget. In an interview with One News, Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Palace would not stand in the way of Duterte’s...
Former Senator Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV says he 's willing to face a Senate inquiry into claims that he was designated by the government to conduct a welfare check on former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands. “Game ako diyan. Pero...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Oct. 2, extended sympathies to the families of earthquake victims in Cebu, as she personally visited towns struck by the magnitude 6.9 tremor that left dozens dead and thousands displaced. “Pinapaabot namin yung pakikiramay namin sa mga pamilya nung mga...
Vice President Sara Duterte visited the victims of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Cebu province to extend her sympathies amid the rising death toll and number of injured people. “Taos-pusong panalangin at pakikiramay sa lahat ng apektado ng lindol na yumanig sa Visayas (I wholeheartedly send my...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) announced on Wednesday, Oct. 1, that it will send help to the victims of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Cebu province yesterday. Vice President Sara Duterte directed the OVP Satellite Office in Cebu for the immediate mobilization of resources to...
Malacañang said that accountability over the massive corruption in the country 's flood control projects cannot be achieved through "eloquent speeches or finger-pointing." It should be through sufficient evidence, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said. She...
Vice President Sara Duterte believes that Malacañang will one day have to confront public demand for truth and accountability as former speaker Martin Romualdez, President Marcos’ cousin and close ally, continues to find himself in hot water over the multi-billion-peso flood control corruption...
Vice President Sara Duterte maintained on Monday, Sept. 29, that their family was not informed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding former president Rodrigo Duterte’s health condition as he was found unconscious on the floor of his detention room. Speaking in a press conference,...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Sept. 29, lamented that “nothing (is) happening” in the country as politics and self-interest seemed to consume government officials under the Marcos administration. In a press conference, the official criticized the present administration for the...
The Netherlands could potentially host former president Rodrigo Duterte if he is granted interim release, International Criminal Court (ICC)-registered assistant counsel Kristina Conti said. “The Netherlands, obvious kasi dadaanan siya, it will be a transit country,” the lawyer, who is in The...
In less than an hour, a Senate finance subcommittee panel swiftly approved on Monday, Sept. 29, the Office of the Vice President 's (OVP) proposed budget for 2026, amounting to P902.895 million, for plenary consideration. This was after Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri cited...
The Duterte family received “credible information” that former president Rodrigo Duterte was found unconscious on the floor of his room inside the detention facility of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday, Sept. 27. In a statement, the Vice...