Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

Live footage from the Instagram account of Rodrigo Duterte's daughter Veronica on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) showed the former president's partner Honeylet Avanceña standing between him and arresting officers whom she called "abusado" (abusive). Veronica "Kitty" Duterte IG

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1741861190985Screen Shot 2025-03-13 at 6.17.43 PM.png" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Live footage from the Instagram account of Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s daughter Veronica on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) showed the former president&#x27;s partner Honeylet Avanceña standing between him and arresting officers whom she called &quot;abusado&quot; (abusive). <em>Veronica &quot;Kitty&quot; Duterte IG</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Former President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s partner Honeylet Avanceña was supposed to be his companion on his flight to The Hague, Netherlands but she refused to join the trip, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/13/torre-reveals-threat-from-rodrigo-duterte-my-children-will-go-after-you-1638">Torre reveals &#x27;threat&#x27; from Rodrigo Duterte: &#x27;My children will go after you&#x27;</a></div><p>“First choice namin doon si Honeylet, eh ayaw sumama... Kaya nga na-delay nang na-delay iyon kasi nga nagpalit ng manifest. Nagpalit ng manifest dahil nakasulat sa manifest si Honeylet,” said Police Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III, director of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1900058807755301101&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-03-13T10%3A00%3A01.311789%3Ade6ebcac-4b6e-4253-88d2-eca49ad3f1be%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=3bbf7e76d17fc97cf399c06a52267a57f1657f7d&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:600px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1900058807755301101"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>Torre was part of the team that implemented the ICC arrest warrant against Duterte on Tuesday as requested by Interpol.</p><p>According to Torre, Avanceña claimed that she had &quot;no passport&quot; to go overseas.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/10/security-presence-around-rodrigo-duterte-s-hong-kong-hotel-amid-icc-warrant-concerns-1726">Security presence around Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s Hong Kong hotel amid ICC warrant concerns</a></div><p>&quot;Sabi niya wala na siyang passport daw, which I don&#x27;t believe. Wala siyang passport galing Hong Kong?&quot; Torre said.</p><p>The CIDG chief said Avanceña&#x27;s refusal to accompany Duterte delayed the departure of the flight to Netherlands by about an hour. </p><p>&quot;So pili kami ng isang abogado. Nag-volunteer nga si [former] ES (Executive Secretary) Salvador Medialdea,&quot; he said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/13/torre-on-kitty-duterte-cursing-him-ayos-lang-yon-1511">Torre on Kitty Duterte cursing him: &#x27;Ayos lang &#x27;yon&#x27;</a></div><p>Duterte&#x27;s partner may face a direct assault complaint for allegedly hitting a female cop with a cellphone during Tuesday&#x27;s arrest, police said. </p><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/8qwi4YZkHi4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The CIDG chief said Honeylet Avanceña's refusal to accompany Duterte delayed the departure of the flight to Netherlands by about an hour. </p>

The CIDG chief said Honeylet Avanceña's refusal to accompany Duterte delayed the departure of the flight to Netherlands by about an hour.

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'Wala daw passport': Honeylet declined to join Duterte to The Hague

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

Jeff Caparas,

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Published March 13, 2025 06:35 PM PHT

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