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Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024, after skipping on the same day a National Bureau of Investigation probe on her remarks of having  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated should she be killed. Duterte stood firm that she would not present herself before the NBI saying that its inquiry was “unfair.” Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174952683753120241211-vpsd-presscon-MT-19 (3).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte and her family are going on a &quot;personal trip&quot; to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, her office announced Tuesday.</p><p>In a Facebook post, the Office of the Vice President said Duterte was scheduled to attend an Independence Day celebration on June 12 where she would engage with overseas Filipino workers for a consultation for her office&#x27;s program.</p><p>The OVP did not say when she will return to the country.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s trip comes as the Senate is expected to convene as an impeachment court on Wednesday to hear the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/5/house-impeaches-vp-sara-duterte-1551">articles of impeachment</a> against her.</p><p>Senate President Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero on Monday took his oath as the presiding officer of the impeachment trial, while his colleagues, who will sit as judges, would be sworn in on Tuesday.</p><p>Duterte has so far denied any wrongdoing, and <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/9/sara-duterte-defense-team-says-ready-to-confront-charges-in-trial-1140">her defense team said Monday they were &quot;ready to confront&quot; the charges</a> in the looming Senate trial.</p><p>Just last week, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/5/sara-duterte-back-in-ph-as-impeachment-trial-looms-2228">the vice president returned to the Philippines from The Hague, the Netherlands, where she spent her birthday weekend</a> and where her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, is detained for crimes against humanity charges connected to his drug war.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><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/Gd7RtZVJZ5w?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte, who was impeached by the House in February, is travelling abroad this week as the Senate is expected to convene as an impeachment court on Wednesday.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte, who was impeached by the House in February, is travelling abroad this week as the Senate is expected to convene as an impeachment court on Wednesday.

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VP Duterte on 'personal trip' to Malaysia as Senate acts on impeachment

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published Jun 10, 2025 11:55 AM PHT

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