Two properties in the Davao Region valued at nearly P10 million and registered in the name of Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, Manases Carpio, were not declared in her statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALNs), according to two registers of deeds. Kathy Baldonado, Davao City register of deeds, and Marco Pineda, acting register...
Author: Christine O. Avendaño (Christine Avendaño)
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GenCorp got 19 deals in Davao City, says Duterte’s brother
Davao City awarded 19 contracts worth ₱33.26 million to GenCorp Industries Inc., a food corporation listed by Vice President Sara Duterte as a business interest in her statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN), according to her brother and its mayor, Sebastian Duterte. But the mayor said he only became “familiar” with GenCorp when...
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Prosecution brings up Duterte couple’s firearms in impeachment trial
Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, owned 51 registered guns valued at ₱7.2 million, including fully automatic weapons that a House prosecution witness said were “capable of bursts of fire.” “When you pull the trigger, it fires continuously,” Police Maj. Joericson Sangalang, records chief of the Philippine National Police-Firearms and Explosives...
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Senate impeachment court scraps 16-vote threshold to convict Duterte
Convicting Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer require a fixed 16-vote threshold, as the Senate impeachment court ruled on Wednesday, Sept. 23, that the constitutional two-thirds majority applies only to senators eligible to participate. The ruling, which followed a 13-1 vote with six senators not participating, overturned the 16-vote threshold set by Senate impeachment...
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49 gov’t contracts worth ₱35.9M awarded to Duterte-linked food firm
GenCorp Industries Inc., a food corporation listed as a business interest in Vice President Sara Duterte’s statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN), secured 49 government contracts worth ₱35.9 million from 2022 to 2026, a House prosecution witness told the Senate impeachment court. Three government agencies, all based in the Davao region, awarded the...
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SEC official reveals Duterte corporate role in food firm
Vice President Sara Duterte maintained her roles at a food corporation as a board director and member of the compensation committee when she assumed the second-highest post in the land in 2022, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official. Gerardo del Rosario, director of the SEC Company Registration and Monitoring Department, also said...
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Senator-judges can change 16-vote threshold to convict, say 3 former chief justices
The Senate impeachment court can still change the current voting threshold of 16 senators to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, according to three former chief justices of the Supreme Court. Hilario Davide Jr., Artemio V. Panganiban, and Reynato S. Puno said the number of votes to remove an impeached official should not be fixed at...
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Duterte net worth rose to ₱98M in 2025 even without corporate acquisition costs
Could omitting corporate acquisition costs in her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) mean Vice President Sara Duterte’s net worth, which 2025 records showed was a whopping ₱98 million, is undervalued? Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian raised this question on Tuesday, Sept. 15, after House prosecutors presented Duterte’s SALNs from 2007 to 2025 at...
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Ex-Sandigan chief testifies on unexplained wealth in Duterte impeachment trial
Retired Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang told the Senate impeachment court on Monday, Sept. 14, that the Constitution imposes stricter rules on the president and vice president’s financial engagements to prevent potential abuse of power. “There is a greater possibility of abuse given their positions,” she said, citing a Supreme Court ruling in the case...
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Prosecutors plan to call Duterte to testify in her impeachment trial
House prosecutors intend to call Vice President Sara Duterte as a witness in her own impeachment trial after presenting evidence on all four allegations they raised against her under the articles of impeachment. “The testimony of the Vice President will be material to all four articles—grave threats, misuse and misappropriation of funds, unexplained wealth, and...