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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><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17886519447061788651942335.jpeg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960">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</div>MANILA &mdash; Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla&#39;s statement that the police knew of Vice President Sara Duterte&#39;s whereabouts on Friday night support her allegations of harassment and surveillance, she said Saturday.<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/5/vp-duterte-posts-bail-at-qc-court-over-grave-threats-case-1252">Duterte posted bail on her grave threats case</a> at a Quezon City court on Saturday, a day after a warrant was issued for her arrest.Remulla on Saturday said authorities &quot;knew of her whereabouts the night before but we did not force the warrant of arrest.&quot; He also said the police had accorded her the respect that comes with her position.&quot;Ang mga salitang ito ni Secretary Jonvic Remulla ay tila nagpapatibay sa mga dokumentong matagal na naming hawak hinggil sa harassment at surveillance operations ng Philippine National Police at iba pang ahensya ng gobyerno laban sa akin,&quot; Duterte said in her statement.(These words from Secretary Jonvic Remulla seem to support documents we have on the harassment and surveillance operations by the Philippine National Police and other government agencies against me.)The grave threats case is over comments <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/23/vp-duterte-lashes-out-at-marcoses-romualdez-1720">Duterte made in a November 2024 livestream&nbsp;</a>that she had arranged for someone to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos and his cousin then House Speaker Martin Romualdez if she herself is killed.She made the comments in response to a vlogger&#39;s question about a supposed plot against her.&quot;Wala akong tiwala sa korte, wala akong tiwala sa pulis (I don&#39;t trust the court, I don&#39;t trust the police). I do not feel safe,&quot; <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/5/vp-duterte-arrives-at-qc-rtc-says-she-does-not-feel-safe-1116">Duterte said when she arrived at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court&nbsp;</a>on Saturday morning,Remulla, in response, said police with Duterte when her warrant was served and when she posted bail were all wearing body cameras and had treated her with respect.He also pointed out police did not serve the warrant on her on Friday.&quot;It&#39;s very unfortunate that all the pressure in her life is affecting her perception,&quot; Remulla said.Apart from the court case, Duterte is going through an impeachment trial at the Senate. The alleged grave threats she made are <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/13/nbi-exec-jeremy-lotoc-testifies-before-senate-impeachment-court-1514">part of that case</a>.

Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Saturday said the police had accorded Vice President Sara Duterte the respect that comes with her position. He also said authorities "knew of her whereabouts the night before but we did not force the warrant of arrest."

Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Saturday said the police had accorded Vice President Sara Duterte the respect that comes with her position. He also said authorities "knew of her whereabouts the night before but we did not force the warrant of arrest."

Duterte says PNP knowing her location supports allegation of surveillance, harassment

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Duterte says PNP knowing her location supports allegation of surveillance, harassment

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Published September 06, 2026 07:53 AM PHT

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