The Senate impeachment court approved on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the House prosecutors’ withdrawal of three of four articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, keeping only the charge of unexplained and undeclared wealth against her for trial. Presiding officer Sen. Francis Escudero said the court “accepts and confirms” the prosecution’s manifestation to drop Article...
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Unexplained wealth of Duterte, husband could reach ₱1.5B, says financial expert
The unexplained wealth of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, could reach as high as ₱1.5 billion over three years since she took office in 2022, according to a forensic analyst. Alexander Cabrera gave the figure on Monday, Oct. 12, during Duterte’s impeachment trial when Senate presiding officer Francis Escudero asked for...
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Analyst says VP, husband have ‘undeclared wealth’ of ₱817.8 million
A financial forensics analyst testified on Friday that Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, have ₱817.8 million in undeclared wealth amassed over the three years since she took office in 2022. According to lawyer-accountant Alexander Cabrera, the undeclared wealth consists of hidden assets such as cash, personal and other real properties,...
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‘There’s a gap, a difference’ in VP’s SALN and tax records
Vice President Sara Duterte’s declared net worth for 2025 exceeds the combined after-tax income that she and her husband, Manases Carpio, earned over the last 18 years. From 2007, when she was vice mayor of Davao City, to 2025, as the second-highest official of the land, Duterte and her husband earned a combined after-tax income...
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Dutertes hid ₱96M by ‘floating’ BPI bank transactions, says prosecution
Vice President Sara Duterte and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, concealed ₱96 million in joint time deposit accounts they opened in 2011 by “floating” their bank transactions for two to three years, according to documents presented by House prosecutors. But the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) time deposit accounts under their names at...
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Senator-judges puzzled by Duterte couple’s bank records
The math simply isn’t mathing for the Senate impeachment court when it examined ₱4.4 billion in bank transactions tied to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, and flagged by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC). Court presiding officer Francis Escudero and Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian confronted AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura about discrepancies...
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₱4.4B in bank transactions tied to Duterte, husband flagged by AMLC
The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) flagged ₱4.4 billion in bank transactions tied to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, from 2007 to 2025, according to its executive director, Ronel Buenaventura. Testifying before the Senate impeachment court on Monday, Oct. 5, Buenaventura said the flagged bank transactions came from 666 covered transaction...
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Bel Zamora and the unspoken rules for women who take up space
There was plenty to question about the prosecution’s firearms presentation at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Sept. 28. The comments about flirtation, voice and femininity answered a different question altogether. There was a perfectly legitimate argument for San Juan Rep. Ysabel Maria “Bel” Zamora’s direct examination. Did a police records officer’s...
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2 properties of Duterte’s husband not declared in SALNs
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...
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Asking the difficult OFW question
While Vice President Sara Duterte is often criticized for her frequent trips abroad—her “world tour”—the specter of 2028 grows larger and the question of how to stop another Duterte presidency becomes harder to ask. What’s obvious is that Sara Duterte is securing the vote of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), a small but not insignificant...