Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio is charged with “grave threats” over an alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos, according to Philippine authorities. The case is linked to a complaint that formed part of the broader legal actions surrounding Duterte-Carpio’s ongoing Senate impeachment trial.
The Department of Justice says a criminal charge is filed in a Quezon City courtroom, following an earlier criminal complaint submitted to the National Bureau of Investigation in February 2025. Multiple outlets report the charge is connected to Duterte-Carpio’s public statements, in which she previously claimed she hired an assassin who would target Marcos, Marcos’s wife, and a former congressman cousin if she were killed.
Outlets describe the same sequence of events—her allegation, the NBI complaint, and the subsequent filing of a criminal charge—but differ mainly in emphasis and framing. Some focus on how the charge relates directly to evidence in the Senate impeachment proceedings, while others foreground the specific “grave threats” allegation and its timing after Duterte-Carpio’s earlier statements.
