Philippines court issues arrest warrant for Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio
Warrant issued over alleged death threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, his wife, and the former house speaker.
Quick Look
- A Quezon City court has issued an arrest warrant for Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio regarding three counts of grave threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, his wife, and Martin Romualdez.
- Bail is set at 120,000 pesos per count.
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Why It Matters
The charges stem from a February 2025 National Bureau of Investigation complaint regarding death threats allegedly made by the Vice-President in November 2024.
A court in the Philippines has issued a warrant of arrest against Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio over death threats she made against President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr.
The warrant involves three counts of grave threats, according to a court order that also set bail at 120,000 pesos (US$1,900) for each count. The charges were first filed last month, based on a National Bureau of Investigation criminal complaint in February 2025.
Duterte’s lawyer, Paul Lawrence Lim, on Friday confirmed the Quezon City regional trial court “has issued a warrant of arrest against the vice-president”.
His client “has no intention of evading the law and will continue to exercise all her legal remedies”, he added.
In November 2024, the vice-president claimed after a late night news briefing that she had hired an assassin and instructed him, if she were ever murdered, to kill Marcos, his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and his cousin, then house speaker Martin Romualdez. Duterte-Carpio has since denied making those threats.
The alleged threats are also among the allegations included in the impeachment complaint against Duterte, who is being tried before the Senate sitting as an impeachment court. A conviction could remove her from office and derail her presidential bid in 2028.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Sara Duterte-Carpio will face an impeachment trial in the Senate.
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- Will the Vice-President surrender to authorities?
- How will the impeachment trial proceed alongside criminal charges?
