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Workers at the Office of the Vice President evacuate after its personnel received a message "containing a bomb threat," March 24, 2025 at the Robinsons Cybergate Plaza. Handout/OVP

Workers at the Office of the Vice President evacuate after its personnel received a message "containing a bomb threat," March 24, 2025 at the Robinsons Cybergate Plaza.

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1742820773241032425_OVP.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Workers at the Office of the Vice President evacuate after its personnel received a message &quot;containing a bomb threat,&quot; March 24, 2025 at the Robinsons Cybergate Plaza. "/>Workers at the Office of the Vice President evacuate after its personnel received a message &quot;containing a bomb threat,&quot; March 24, 2025 at the Robinsons Cybergate Plaza. Handout/OVP</div>MANILA -- The Office of the Vice President on Monday said that its workers had to be evacuated after a personnel received a text message &quot;containing a bomb threat.&quot;The Mandaluyong City Police &quot;quickly dispatched an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team to conduct a thorough search&quot; of Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s headquarters in the Robinsons Cybergate Plaza, the OVP said in a statement.&quot;OVP personnel were evacuated to a secured area of Robinsons Cybergate Plaza in Mandaluyong City immediately after a staff member reported receiving a text message containing a bomb threat,&quot; the statement read.&quot;Fortunately, no explosive devices were found, and the OVP resumed operations at 4:00 p.m.,&quot; it read.The OVP urged the public to refrain from sending bomb threats even as a joke as  &quot;bomb threats are a serious matter concerning public security and safety.&quot;&quot;The public is reminded that hoax bomb threats can endanger lives and are punishable by law under Presidential Decree No. 1727, also known as the Anti-Bomb Joke Law,&quot; the agency said.Duterte earlier said that her office has been functioning despite her absence since last week.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/20/sara-duterte-says-not-neglecting-vp-duties-while-in-the-netherlands-1718">READ: Sara Duterte says not neglecting VP duties while in the Netherlands</a></div>The Vice President has been out of the country since mid-March, after she traveled to the Netherlands to attend to her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and his case before the International Criminal Court.The second-in-command earlier said that she would return to the Philippines after her sister Veronica arrives in the Hague this week to take over her role as the former president&#x27;s next of kin there.

The Office of the Vice President on Monday said that its workers had to be evacuated after a personnel received a text message "containing a bomb threat."

The Office of the Vice President on Monday said that its workers had to be evacuated after a personnel received a text message "containing a bomb threat."

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OVP operations disrupted after hoax bomb threat

Katrina Domingo,

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Published March 24, 2025 08:45 PM PHT

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Updated March 24, 2025 08:53 PM PHT

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