Philippine VP Duterte hit with criminal charge over Marcos 'threat'

MANILA: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was hit with a criminal charge on Tuesday (Aug 11) over an alleged death threat against the country's president, a key part of the case against her at her ongoing Senate impeachment trial.The charge of "grave threats" was filed on Tuesday afternoon in a Quezon City courtroom, Department of Justice spokesman Polo Martinez said.It stems from a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) criminal complaint filed in February 2025, months after a late-night news briefing in which Duterte claimed to have hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife and a former congressman cousin should he have her cut down first.Lawyers for Duterte on Tuesday argued the case could not be pursued while she was being impeached. "As a sitting impeachable