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Malacañang on VP Sara's trips: ‘Kung walang maireport, baka walang natrabaho’

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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/17513536392791751353638869.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Vice-President Sara Duterte attends the House committee hearing on November 25, 2024, tackling confidential fund expenses of the OVP and the Department of Education during her helm. ABS-CBN News/file "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice-President Sara Duterte attends the House committee hearing on November 25, 2024, tackling confidential fund expenses of the OVP and the Department of Education during her helm. <em>ABS-CBN News/file </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — A Malacañang official on Tuesday scoffed at Vice President Sara Duterte’s refusal to give details of her recent foreign trips, saying that an official’s lack of ethical standards cannot be masked with derogatory statements.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/28/vp-duterte-no-obligation-to-give-public-details-of-my-personal-trips-1240">VP Duterte: No obligation to give public details of my personal trips</a></div><p>Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro gave the statement days after the Vice President called Palace officials “stupid” for urging her to publicize details of her recent trip to Malaysia and Australia.</p><p>“Ang kakulangan sa kaalaman sa batas, sa ethical standards ay hindi makukubli sa pag mumura o sa pang-iinsulto,” Castro told Palace reporters.</p><p>“Kapag nagtrabaho, dala ang posisyon, dala ang bandera ng Pilipinas… dapat ipaalam kung ano ang magandang resulta sa pagtratrabaho,” she said.</p><p>“Kung walang maireport, baka walang natrabaho.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/26/palace-hits-back-at-sara-duterte-over-personal-trip-when-emotions-are-high-intelligence-is-low-1507">Palace hits back at Sara Duterte over personal trip issue: When emotions are high, intelligence is low</a></div><p>Castro then compared Duterte to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., noting that the Chief Executive has always reported his dealings and activities overseas.</p><p>“Kapag siya (Marcos Jr.) ang umaalis ng bansa, may dalang magandang balita, may magandang relasyon sa mga leaders,” the Communications Undersecretary said.</p><p>Among the feats Marcos Jr. achieved through his foreign engagements include saving a Filipino convict from Indonesia’s death row, the repatriation from Timor-Leste of fugitive ex-lawmaker Arnolfo Teves, and the promotion of Philippine tourism in Japan.</p><p>Of Marcos Jr.’s foreign trips since he rose to power in 2022, his first F1 weekend in Singapore in 2022 is so far the lone overseas travel that the President did not report to the public.</p><p>Meantime, the Vice President has traveled to the Hague twice in the first half of 2025 to visit her father and former President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been detained in the Netherlands since March.</p><p>The younger Duterte also attended overseas Filipino workers’ gatherings in Hong Kong, Qatar, Malaysia and Australia.</p><p>Duterte had earlier refuted claims that she has been using taxpayers’ money to fund her travels, saying that she has been footing her own bill for airfare and accommodation.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/25/sara-duterte-on-her-overseas-trips-hindi-ako-gumagamit-ng-pera-ng-bayan-1939">Sara Duterte on her overseas trips: ‘Hindi ako gumagamit ng pera ng bayan’</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4H01QaV6gw4?si=sEvENbOnbBVxPvsD" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>A Malacañang official on Tuesday scoffed at Vice President Sara Duterte’s refusal to give details of her recent foreign trips, saying that an official’s lack of ethical standards cannot be masked with derogatory statements.</p>

A Malacañang official on Tuesday scoffed at Vice President Sara Duterte’s refusal to give details of her recent foreign trips, saying that an official’s lack of ethical standards cannot be masked with derogatory statements.

Malacañang on VP Sara’s refusal to detail foreign trips: ‘Kung walang maireport, baka walang natrabaho’

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Malacañang on VP Sara’s refusal to detail foreign trips: ‘Kung walang maireport, baka walang natrabaho’

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jul 01, 2025 03:17 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 31, 2025 06:30 PM PHT

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