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Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at a Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Saturday, September 5, 2026, following the issuance of an arrest warrant against her. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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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/1788579470504viber_image_2026-09-05_11-33-25-877.jpg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align: left;">Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at a Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Saturday, September 5, 2026, following the issuance of an arrest warrant against her. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA &mdash; Vice President Sara Duterte arrived at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Saturday morning, following the issuance of a warrant of arrest against her.&nbsp;</p><p>A Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Duterte over three counts of grave threats involving President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Marcos and then-House Speaker Martin Romualdez.</p><p>The court set bail at P120,000 for each count.&nbsp;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/4/sara-duterte-arrest-warrant-grave-threats-1442">READ: Sara Duterte faces arrest warrant for grave threats case</a></div><p>Upon her arrival shortly before 11:00 a.m., Duterte repeatedly said that she &quot;does not feel safe.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I really do not feel safe. Wala akong tiwala sa korte, wala akong tiwala sa pulis. I do not feel safe,&quot; said Duterte, speaking to her lawyers.</p><p>The vice president&#39;s legal counsels, Atty. Michael Poa and Atty. Paul Lawrence Lim, arrived at the QC RTC earlier on Saturday.</p><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="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2096071144734589311&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2026-09-05T04%3A14%3A26.536894%3A0839b2aa-4d43-40f6-9b9c-46d5b7a51a6a%26action%3Dedit&sessionId=dd2ce1351c86e8e8abfe53d327ca5f23c44ffb5a&theme=light&widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 696px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" data-tweet-id="2096071144734589311"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;I do not feel safe. Hinarass nila &#39;yung lugar kung nasaan &#39;yung nanay ko at saka &#39;yung anak ko. Saan ako pupunta?&quot; Duterte also said. &quot;Mag-bail ako, hindi titigil &#39;yung harassment. Hindi ako mag-bail, pupunta ako sa pulis, wala akong tiwala sa pulis. Wala nga akong tiwala sa korte.</p><p>&quot;I do not feel safe at all.&quot;</p><p>Duterte also said: &quot;Sino sasagot &#39;pag namatay ako mamayang gabi? Sinong mananagot? Sinong mananagot? Siyempre maghuhugas-kamay lang &#39;yung pulis, make it look like an accident. Maghuhugas-kamay lang &#39;yung judge. I do not feel safe at all, kahit anong gawin ko.&quot;</p>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte is now at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, following the issuance of a warrant of arrest against her.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte is now at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, following the issuance of a warrant of arrest against her.

VP Duterte arrives at QC RTC, says she 'does not feel safe'

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VP Duterte arrives at QC RTC, says she 'does not feel safe'

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Published September 05, 2026 11:16 AM PHT

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Updated September 05, 2026 11:38 AM PHT

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