Jamaine Punzalan

Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the presidency in the 2028 national elections during a press conference at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) headquarters in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Duterte outlines her priorities, including governance reforms, public service continuity, and national development. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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VP SARA DUTERTE

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<p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte said Thursday &quot;every cent&quot; of her assets came from legitimate sources, rejecting accusations that she supposedly amassed unexplained wealth during an impeachment hearing this week. </p><p>“Simple lang ang sagot ko sa lahat ng paninira. Malinis ang aking service record; hindi ako kailanman nagkaroon ng kaso sa paggamit ng pondo ng bayan,” Duterte said in a Facebook post. </p><p>“Lahat ng aking ari-arian at pera ay idineklara ko sa aking SALN. Ang bawat sentimo ay mula sa lehitimong pinanggalingan at may kaukulang dokumento,” she added. </p><p>During Wednesday’s House justice committee hearing, former senator Antonio Trillanes claimed that Duterte and her family supposedly received some <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/22/duterte-family-received-over-p181-million-from-alleged-drug-lord-trillanes-claims-1653">P180 million in payouts from an alleged drug lord.</a></p><p>Meanwhile, the Anti–Money Laundering Council flagged some <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/22/amlc-reports-33-suspicious-bank-transactions-under-sara-duterte-husband-1431">P6.7 billion in “suspicious” and “covered” bank transactions</a> linked to Duterte and her husband. It also confirmed that at least 18 randomly selected transactions from Trillanes’ affidavit matched transactions in the agency’s investigation. </p><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/RstUeMcG1N4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Duterte said Trillanes had been “peddling the same incredible story about alleged billions in bank accounts” since 2016 and the only thing that has changed “is the machinery now backing him.” </p><p>“Today, he is backed by a sitting President who must be compelled to submit to a simple drug test; ‘law-bender’ members of the House of Representatives that have received ‘maletas’ and have repeatedly disregarded constitutional limits; a Commission on Audit that appears to time its issuances in a manner that conveniently aligns with political attacks; and newly-installed AMLC officials who remain silent and refuse to clarify that there have been no findings of violations of anti-money laundering laws, and the billions of peso in bank accounts are untrue,” the Vice President said. </p><p>“Ang mga totoong magnanakaw, hindi sa bangko pinapasok ang pera—kundi sa maleta,” she added, in apparent reference to suitcases of kickbacks that some officials allegedly received in connection to the flood control scandal. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/23/evidence-vs-sara-duterte-surpassed-threshold-of-probable-cause-for-impeachment-luistro-1032">Evidence vs Sara Duterte &#x27;surpassed threshold of probable cause&#x27; for impeachment — Luistro</a></div><p>The Vice President also accused the Marcos administration of using and abusing institutions for politics. </p><p>“Mga kababayan, habang lalong lumalalim ang paggamit at pang-aabuso ng administrasyon sa ating mga institusyon para sa pulitika, lalong nahahalata ang kanilang takot na managot. Kung gaano katindi ang paninira sa akin, ganoon din katindi ang katahimikan at takot nilang managot sa bilyon-bilyong pisong ninakaw, inilagay sa maleta, at inilabas sa bansa,” she noted.</p><p>Duterte further inquired about several issues including answers to the flood control controversy and solutions to high prices of goods and poverty.</p><p>“Nasaan ang malinaw na sagot sa mga bilyon-bilyong piso sa flood control projects? Nasaan ang konkretong solusyon sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin, sa kahirapan, at kagutuman? Nasaan ang direksyon sa usapang pangkapayapaan sa Mindanao? Nasaan ang tunay na independent foreign policy? At nasaan ang agarang aksyon sa mga krimen na patuloy na nararanasan ng ating mga kababayan?”</p><p>“Huwag kayong magpalinlang sa ingay ng impeachment na ito. Dahil ang tunay na laban ay para sa kapakanan ng mga Pilipinong dumadanas at dumaraan sa tuminding hamon ng buhay araw-araw,” she added. </p><p>Duterte, who in February announced a 2028 presidential bid, was impeached last year, only for the Supreme Court to toss the case out over procedural issues.</p><p>Four petitions, including one filed by the Vice President, have asked the Supreme Court to stop the latest impeachment proceedings. </p><p>Under the Philippine constitution, an impeachment by the House of Representatives triggers a Senate trial, where a guilty verdict would ban Duterte from elected office for life.</p><p>The House Committee on Justice will conduct its last impeachment hearing on April 29. After that, the panel will vote whether or not there is probable cause to send the Vice President&#x27;s impeachment case to a House plenary vote.</p><p>The same committee in March tossed out a pair of impeachment complaints against Marcos, ruling that allegations of corruption over a scandal involving bogus flood control projects lacked substance.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>‘DEMOLITION JOB’</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>Meanwhile, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino and Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) official Raul Lambino described the impeachment proceedings as “a vilification campaign.”</p><p>“This is nothing but a political demolition job against Vice President Sara because she is the most popular public official of the land now,” Lambino said in the Pandesal Forum in Quezon City on Thursday. </p><p>“She is the person to beat in the presidential election in 2028.” </p><p>“That is black propaganda,” he added. </p><p>According to Lambino, Duterte’s bank transactions before becoming the second highest official of the land should not be included in the determination of probable cause. </p><p>“It is way beyond the period by which the Vice President should be considered to have committed any act that may possibly be impeachable and that should be by 2022 to 2026 or 2025. You don’t have to consider the other transactions before that because she was maybe Vice Mayor of Davao then became Mayor of Davao etc, but, those transactions had occurred when she was not yet Vice President,” Lambino said.</p><p>He insisted that there was nothing wrong with the bank transactions of Duterte. </p><p>Reina Mercedes, Isabela Vice Mayor Harold Respicio, meanwhile, warned Marocs of a supposed revolution if Duterte is impeached. </p><p>“BBM... mag-ingat ka. Pag natuloy ang impeachment ni VP Sara Duterte, magkakaroon ng rebolusyon sa Pilipinas. Bakit? Una sa lahat, ayaw na ng mga Pilipino sa’yo. Dahil totoo ang nangyaring malawakang korupsiyon at ikaw ang may kasalanan, at ikaw ang itinuturo ng lahat,” Respicio said. </p><p>“Pangalawa, ang gusto nilang pumalit sayo ay si VP Sara Duterte at ang ipinipilit mong mga taong humawak ng puwesto na kapalit niya ay hindi naman namin kilala at hindi namin gusto,” he added.</p><div><strong>— With reports from </strong><strong>Victoria Tulad and Harlene Delgado, ABS-CBN News;</strong> <strong>Agence France-Presse </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/X3C2uRITBQs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><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/9qzQHdFpEvE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div><div><br/></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte said Thursday "every cent" of her assets was from legitimate sourcces </p>

Vice President Sara Duterte said Thursday "every cent" of her assets was from legitimate sourcces

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Sara Duterte says 'every cent' of wealth from legitimate source

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published April 23, 2026 01:11 PM PHT

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Updated April 23, 2026 02:12 PM PHT

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