Philippines VP Sara Duterte arrest and Marcos conflict 2026
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Philippines polling station shooting
Gunshots were heard at a polling station in the Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines.
The Bangsamoro region was holding its first parliamentary elections at the time of the shooting.
The shooting injured at least four people.
Philippine court orders arrest of VP Sara Duterte over threats against President Marcos
Duterte's lawyer, Paul Lawrence Lim, said in a statement that Duterte had no intention of evading the law and will continue to exercise all her legal remedies.
A Philippine court has ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte over allegations that she arranged the assassination of the president.
In November 2024, Duterte said she had arranged for a hitman to kill Marcos, his wife, and his cousin, Martin Romualdez, should she be killed.