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Vice President Sara Duterte at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, September 5, 2026. 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/178874918067620260905-vp-sara-duterte-bail-qc-rtc-MT-397.jpg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align: left;">Vice President Sara Duterte at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, September 5, 2026. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div><br></div><p>MANILA &mdash; The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday rejected Vice President Sara Duterte&rsquo;s allegations of harassment in relation to her grave threats case.</p><p>DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla said the policewomen who went to Duterte&rsquo;s residence and office had no &ldquo;armed component&rdquo; and were allowed inside the premises.</p><p>&ldquo;Any thoughts of harassment during the service [are] totally untrue,&rdquo; Remulla said. &nbsp;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/4/qcpd-court-deployment-is-for-security-not-to-arrest-sara-duterte-2256">QCPD: Court deployment is for security, not to arrest Sara Duterte&nbsp;</a></div><p>Duterte <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/5/vp-duterte-posts-bail-at-qc-court-over-grave-threats-case-1252">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.&nbsp;</p><div><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">VP Duterte arrives at QC RTC, says she &#39;does not feel safe&#39;&nbsp;</a></div><p>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.&nbsp;</p><p>Duterte said Remulla&#39;s statement that the police knew of her whereabouts on Friday night&nbsp;<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/6/duterte-says-pnp-knowing-her-location-supports-allegation-of-surveillance-harassment-0753">supported her allegations of harassment and surveillance.</a></p><p>&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.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/5/pnp-says-no-reported-threats-against-sara-duterte-1808">PNP says &lsquo;no reported threats&rsquo; against Sara Duterte&nbsp;</a></div><p>Remulla, meanwhile, said Sunday that information on Duterte&#39;s whereabouts cam from &quot;the people around her.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/6/remulla-says-duterte-s-people-told-us-where-she-was-1608">Remulla says Duterte&#39;s people &#39;told us where she was&#39;</a></div><p>&quot;Trust is earned. In time she must feel that we will never mean her harm. We are duty bound to protect her together with all Filipinos,&quot; Remulla told ABSCBN News.&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;The PNP today is not involved in [extrajudicial killings]. That policy stopped in 2022,&quot; he added.</p><p>The grave threats case against Duterte stemmed from her remarks in a November 2024 livestream 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.&nbsp;</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/qtlCAJWqzYc?&wmode=opaque&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/ymjhaP702ik?&pp=0gcJCRsMAYcqIYzv&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br></div>

<p>The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday rejected Vice President Sara Duterte’s allegations of harassment in relation to her grave threats case.</p>

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday rejected Vice President Sara Duterte’s allegations of harassment in relation to her grave threats case.

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DILG denies Sara Duterte’s ‘harassment’ claims

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Published September 07, 2026 10:50 AM PHT

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