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Vivienne Gulla

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178236019912020251127-senate-budget-deliberation-vp-sara-JC6509 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Philippine Vice President Sara Z. Duterte attends the plenary deliberations on the 2026 budget of the Office of the Vice President at the Philippine Senate in Pasay City on November 27, 2025<em>. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em><br/></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — A certain “Mary Grace Piattos” and former Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang were listed by the House Prosecution as witnesses in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/7/house-panel-subpoenas-records-of-mary-grace-piattos-sara-duterte-taxes-1053">House panel subpoenas records of ‘Mary Grace Piattos,’ Sara Duterte taxes</a></div><p>The prosecution will present “Mary Grace Piattos” to &quot;testify on their alleged receipt of confidential funds”, according to a copy of their pre-trial brief obtained by ABS-CBN News.</p><p>Mary Grace Piattos was among the alleged recipients of the confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President in 2022, but the Philippine Statistics Authority had said it has no birth record of any “Mary Grace Piattos.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/14/psa-reiterates-it-has-no-records-of-mary-grace-piattos-kokoy-villamin-2046">PSA reiterates it has no records of ‘Mary Grace Piattos,’ ‘Kokoy Villamin’</a></div><p>The Vice President&#x27;s camp previously said the name could be a pseudonym.</p><p>In an interview with DZMM last February, Michael Poa said the Vice President had long maintained that she was ready to talk about confidential activities of the OVP and the Department of Education in the appropriate forum.</p><p>An article of impeachment accuses Duterte of alleged confidential fund misuse.</p><p>Carandang, meanwhile, is expected to testify on the impeachment article alleging unexplained wealth.</p><p>Based on the pre-trial brief, the former Overall Deputy Ombudsman’s testimony will seek “to prove that he investigated the bank accounts and transactions of respondent and Rodrigo Duterte”. He will also testify on the results of the said probe.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/2/sc-voids-carandang-s-dismissal-under-duterte-administration-1525">SC voids Carandang&#x27;s dismissal under Duterte administration</a></div><p>Last May, the Supreme Court Third Division has voided Carandang’s dismissal during the Duterte administration. </p><p>He was dismissed over alleged breach of confidentiality, and even graft for disclosing the bank investigation into Duterte&#x27;s wealth. </p><p>The SC voided both the decisions of Malacañang and the Office of the Ombudsman. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</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/zu2TCZLmiu0?&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/KNRI48Y8P-c?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The prosecution will present “Mary Grace Piattos” to "testify on their alleged receipt of confidential funds”, according to a copy of their pre-trial brief obtained by ABS-CBN News.</p>

The prosecution will present “Mary Grace Piattos” to "testify on their alleged receipt of confidential funds”, according to a copy of their pre-trial brief obtained by ABS-CBN News.

Prosecution to present 'Mary Grace Piattos' as witness in VP Sara impeachment trial

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Prosecution to present 'Mary Grace Piattos' as witness in VP Sara impeachment trial

Vivienne Gulla,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 25, 2026 12:12 PM PHT

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