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VP SARA DUTERTE

Agatha Gregorio

ABS-CBN News

<p>The House Committee on Justice has subpoenaed Ramil Madriaga, the alleged bagman of Vice President Sara Duterte, to testify in the ongoing impeachment proceedings against her and to submit his sworn affidavit dated November 2025.</p><p>In a subpoena ad testificandum et duces tecum issued on March 31, the panel said Madriaga supposedly received confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) through Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG) commander Col. Raymund Lachica.</p><p>Madriaga allegedly delivered the funds to individuals described as the vice president’s friends and acquaintances.</p><p>“You worked for the Vice President and formed the Vice-Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG). Between 2022 and 2023, you received the Office of the Vice-President’s and Department of Education’s confidential funds from VPSPG’s Col. Lachica and delivered them to the Vice President’s friends and acquaintances,” the subpoena reads.</p><p>The panel ordered Madriaga to appear at the committee’s hearing on April 14 and to submit his affidavit along with any supporting evidence in his possession.</p><p>In his affidavit dated November 29, 2025, Madriaga detailed the alleged delivery of around P33 million to P35 million in cash placed in four duffel bags. He said one of the bags was left at the parking compound of the Office of the Ombudsman.</p><p>The committee has also requested the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms to bolster Madriaga’s security, augmenting protection currently being provided by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), citing threats to his life.</p><p>Madriaga received the subpoena on Monday.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>HEIGHTED SECURITY FOR MADRIAGA</strong></div><p>The committee has also ordered heightened security measures for Ramil Madriaga, described as a key witness in the impeachment case.</p><p>In a separate March 31 letter, the panel directed the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms to augment Madriaga’s security detail after granting a petition filed by Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno.</p><p>Lawmakers said the request for protective custody was “impressed with merit” due to “credible threats to the life of Mr. Madriaga arising from his participation in these proceedings.”</p><p>The committee identified Madriaga as a “material and indispensable witness” in the case.</p><p>Retired Brig. Gen. Ferdinand Melchor Dela Cruz, the House Sergeant-at-Arms, was instructed to ensure Madriaga’s secure transport to and from hearings and to implement safeguards while he testifies before the panel.</p><p>Madriaga, who is also under protection by the National Bureau of Investigation, is currently detained at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig, in connection with a kidnapping case.</p><p>Copies of the committee’s order will be furnished to jail authorities, a Manila trial court, and the witness’s legal counsel.</p><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/16/affidavit-from-sara-duterte-s-alleged-bagman-referred-to-ombudsman-1639" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Affidavit from Sara Duterte’s alleged ‘bagman’ referred to Ombudsman</a></div>

<p>The House Committee on Justice has subpoenaed Ramil Madriaga, the alleged bagman of Vice President Sara Duterte, to testify in the ongoing impeachment proceedings against her and to submit his sworn affidavit dated November 2025.</p>

The House Committee on Justice has subpoenaed Ramil Madriaga, the alleged bagman of Vice President Sara Duterte, to testify in the ongoing impeachment proceedings against her and to submit his sworn affidavit dated November 2025.

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Madriaga subpoenaed to testify in House impeachment proceedings vs Duterte

Agatha Gregorio,

ABS-CBN News,

Published April 06, 2026 06:24 PM PHT

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Updated April 06, 2026 07:05 PM PHT

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Ramil Madriaga

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