Vice President and outgoing Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte plants a tree during the Department of Education Turnover Ceremony at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, Department of Education Central Office in Pasig City on July 18, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172163191935320240718-deped-duterte-angara-turnover-JV9871.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte plants a tree during the Department of Education Turnover Ceremony at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, Department of Education Central Office in Pasig City on July 18, 2024. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em><br id="isPasted"/></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATED)</strong> — Vice President Sara Duterte will not watch President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.&#x27;s State of the Nation Address (SONA) even remotely, her office said Monday. </p><p>Duterte had earlier declined to attend the SONA in person as she &quot;appointed&quot; herself the &quot;designated survivor.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/17/vp-sara-duterte-says-her-designated-survivor-comment-not-a-joke-not-a-bomb-threat-1043">• VP Sara Duterte says her ‘designated survivor’ comment ‘not a joke, not a bomb threat’</a></div><p>&quot;The Vice President will not watch the SONA on TV or gadgets,&quot; the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said in a statement hours before Marcos delivers his third SONA.</p><p>The OVP said Duterte is in Bohol to &quot;<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">empathize with the Boholanos for the death of their Vice Governor.&quot;</span></p><p>Marcos and Duterte ran together in the 2022 elections  as a supposed &quot;unity&quot; ticket that would end polarization in Philippine politics.</p><p>The UniTeam alliance that had the support of the country&#x27;s biggest political parties and clans began to show cracks over issues like charter change and foreign policy in the West Philippine Sea.</p><div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"></span></div><p>In an interview with local Bohol media, Duterte said that she is in currently in Bohol &quot;to lighten, to uplift the mood of the Boholanos especially sa suspension ng kanilang mga duly elected officials,” said Duterte.</p><p>(I want to lighten, to uplift the mood of the Boholanos especially after the suspension of their duly elected officials).</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/19/sara-duterte-resigns-from-marcos-cabinet-palace-1450" id="isPasted">• Sara Duterte resigns from Marcos Cabinet</a></div><p>Monday is also Bohol Day or the charter day of the province.</p><p>“I am bringing a message of hope sa mga Boholanos na kaya natin pagtulungan at pagsikapan na maging maayos muli ang bayan natin,” Duterte further said.</p><p>(I am bringing a message of hope to Boholanos that we can help each other for the sake of our town.)</p><p>The OVP did not say whether Duterte plans to watch the SONA at all after her Bohol engagements.</p><p>Duterte resigned from the Marcos Cabinet last June after months of tension between the two powerful political clans and their supporters—and less than a year before the crucial 2025 midterm vote. <strong>— With a report from Annie Perez</strong></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/17/marcos-approval-trust-ratings-slightly-down-ahead-of-sona-1020">• Marcos&#x27; approval, trust ratings slightly down ahead of SONA</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DvzZeWmJ8K8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>While in Bohol, the OVP said Vice President Sara Duterte will "bring a message of hope" that the country will be "fixed again."</p>

While in Bohol, the OVP said Vice President Sara Duterte will "bring a message of hope" that the country will be "fixed again."

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VP Duterte to completely snub SONA: 'She will not watch it on TV or gadgets'

VP Duterte to completely snub SONA: 'She will not watch it on TV or gadgets'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Jul 22, 2024 03:23 PM PHT

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