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Vice President Sara Duterte at the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands on March 14, 2025. Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News

Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands on March 14, 2025. Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174396386560720250314sara-duterte-icc-ZH1.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Vice President Sara Duterte at the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands on March 14, 2025. Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News" style="width:960px"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte at the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands on March 14, 2025. <em>Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte returned to Manila on Sunday evening after a nearly month-long stay in the Netherlands, where she helped her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, prepare for his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC).</p><p>The younger Duterte flew to the Netherlands on March 12, a day after her father was whisked away to the European country under the power of an arrest warrant from the ICC.</p><p>&quot;Duterte arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday, 06 April 2025, at approximately 9:56 PM (Philippine Standard Time) via Emirates Airlines flight no. EK 334,&quot; the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;The Vice President is expected to address any pertinent matters in the coming days,&quot; the statement read.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/4/sara-duterte-says-her-task-done-in-the-hague-ready-to-go-home-2153">READ: Sara Duterte says her &#x27;task done&#x27; in The Hague, ready to go home</a></div><p>The Vice President was the first Duterte family member to stand as their patriarch&#x27;s next of kin while he was detained at the Scheveningen Prison, where he is awaiting his trial on charges of crimes against humanity linked to his administration&#x27;s war on drugs.</p><p>While the younger Duterte assembled the former President&#x27;s legal team, she said that they rarely talked about his case whenever she visited him in detention as she left legal matters to their chief legal counsel, Nicholas Kaufman.</p><p>Former President Duterte was arrested on March 11 shortly after he landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from a gathering with overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong.</p><p>The Duterte family had repeatedly blamed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for authorizing the former president&#x27;s arrest, when the Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute in 2019.</p><p>Marcos Jr. said the Philippines could not ignore the arrest warrant as it was coursed through the Interpol.</p><p>Days before her return to the Philippines, Vice President Duterte thanked Marcos Jr. as the Duterte patriarch&#x27;s arrest allowed her to rekindle her relationship with her father, while he is in detention.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/3/marcos-on-vp-sara-thanking-him-for-mended-ties-with-dad-glad-i-could-help-1351">READ: Marcos on VP Sara &#x27;thanking&#x27; him for mended ties with dad -- &#x27;Glad I could help&#x27;</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/2/vp-sara-thanks-marcos-jr-for-rekindled-ties-with-dad-rodrigo-0948">READ: VP Sara thanks Marcos Jr. for renewed relationship with dad Rodrigo</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><strong><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/m_GpPALVmOE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte returned to Manila on Sunday evening after a nearly month-long stay in the Netherlands.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte returned to Manila on Sunday evening after a nearly month-long stay in the Netherlands.

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Sara Duterte back in PH after dad Digong's detention in the Netherlands

Katrina Domingo,

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Published April 07, 2025 02:26 AM PHT

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