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Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

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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/174825275388720241211-vpsd-presscon-MT-19.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte was in Qatar on Tuesday to attend a series of events with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), before heading to the Netherlands to celebrate her birthday with her father former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained there.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/9/palace-hits-sara-duterte-aren-t-you-one-of-this-country-s-problems-1744">Palace hits Sara Duterte: Aren’t you one of this country’s problems?</a></div><p>“On Tuesday, 27 May 2025, the Vice President will engage with members of the Filipino community in Doha through a series of scheduled activities,” the OVP earlier said in a statement.</p><p>“While in the Netherlands, VP Duterte is set to meet with her father, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in The Hague on 30 May, and again from 02 to 03 June 2025,” it added.</p><div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/23/sara-duterte-to-celebrate-birthday-in-the-hague-with-parents-digong-elizabeth-1759">Sara Duterte to celebrate birthday in the Hague with parents Digong, Elizabeth</a></div><p>Duterte attended a thanksgiving mass at the Our Lady of Rosary Church in Doha on Tuesday. She is set to meet OFWs later in the day.  </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=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1927272419892273555&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%3A2025-05-26T10%3A35%3A26.153361%3Acedb9f10-6b94-4854-b67b-3b009fb2f69b%26action%3Dedit%26popup&amp;sessionId=dd16e80fa739dbb230fce20006a7dfa22f8f2da6&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:623px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1927272419892273555"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>Sen. Imee Marcos said she was invited to join Duterte in a Qatar gathering with Filipinos. </p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FImeeMarcos%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02bSoWPE2suuTS8VAESMEFbJPBmWTj6hcfwb3gLjoiD4kFfPnDXb8Dn1j2vebdKDYfl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="767" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;PEACEFUL GATHERING&#x27; OUTSIDE ICC</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The Vice President will celebrate her 47th birthday on May 31 in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where “she will participate in a peaceful gathering organized by various Filipino community groups,” her office said.</p><p>Duterte is expected to return to the Philippines on June 4.</p><p>The Vice President earlier said that she decided to celebrate her birthday in the Netherlands after she had promised to accompany her mother Elizabeth to visit the Duterte patriarch in the Hague. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/26/icc-prosecutors-oppose-duterte-camp-s-move-to-disqualify-2-judges-1128">ICC prosecutors oppose Duterte camp&#x27;s move to disqualify 2 judges</a></div><p>The Vice President had also told her father that she would focus on his case after the May 2025 midterm elections in the Philippines, where candidates they had endorsed won 5 out of 12 Senate seats. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/7/sara-duterte-says-she-s-okay-after-impeachment-we-leave-it-to-the-lawyers-1127">Sara Duterte says she’s ‘okay’ after impeachment: ‘We leave it to the lawyers’</a></div><p>Former President Duterte is facing charges of crimes against humanity for murder before the ICC over the death of drug suspects in his administration’s anti-narcotics crackdown.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/11/dozens-of-cops-at-naia-ahead-of-rodrigo-duterte-s-expected-arrival-0951">Ex-President Duterte arrested on ICC warrant for alleged crimes against humanity</a></div><p>Vice President Duterte earlier said her birthday wishes include her father’s freedom from detention and return to the Philippines.</p><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/HQ0qYIxmdm4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

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Sara Duterte in Qatar for OFW event ahead of birthday weekend in Netherlands

Katrina Domingo,

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Published May 27, 2025 03:59 PM PHT

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