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Amparo Cabotaje-Tang, testifying under subpoena as the prosecution's first Article II witness, said undisclosed spousal assets and disproportionate wealth trigger a legal presumption Vice President Duterte must personally rebut.
Reps. Terry Ridon and Chel Diokno began presenting evidence this week on Sara Duterte's alleged unexplained wealth, backed by tax and bank records and the possibility of calling her husband, Manases Carpio, as a witness.
Presiding officer Francis Escudero ruled the records, covering peso accounts, 19 corporate entities, and years predating Duterte's vice presidency, are "prima facie relevant" to the unexplained-wealth allegations in her impeachment trial.
Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, declared a combined net worth of P98.66 million for 2025 — an 11.46% increase — even as the Vice President again reported no cash on hand or in bank and the couple kept ten business entities undivested, two issues that figure directly in the impeachment articles now headed to trial.
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla's declared net worth rose from P441.7 million to P461.4 million between October and December 2025 — his first three months leading the country's top anti-graft body — with the increase tied largely to four Cavite farm lots, according to his SALN obtained by The Philippine STAR.
Duterte's camp submitted its formal response to the four Articles of Impeachment by the June 1 deadline but moved to dismiss the entire complaint on procedural grounds rather than contesting the substance — drawing fire from prosecutors and a pointed rebuke from Malacañang.
Vice President Sara Duterte's legal team submitted her formal response to the Senate impeachment court on June 1 — the court-imposed deadline — arguing the articles of impeachment are procedurally defective and substantively insufficient, and seeking their outright dismissal before the trial proper begins on July 6.
Two of three key Commission on Audit executives reported lower net worth in their 2025 SALNs, according to disclosures published on May 22 — with COA Commissioner Ike Lipana simultaneously facing an Ombudsman investigation after it emerged that his wife held nine DPWH contracts in Bulacan worth ₱326.6 million during the period he was supposed to be auditing government projects.
The Office of the Ombudsman's field investigation bureau is recommending plunder and indirect bribery charges against Senator Rodante Marcoleta and former Representative Mike Defensor, alleging that ₱75 million in campaign contributions were not declared in Marcoleta's SALN — in violation of anti-graft law.
Investigators at the Office of the Ombudsman have uncovered discrepancies in the declared wealth of House members subjected to lifestyle checks in the flood-control corruption scandal — raising the prospect of additional charges on top of the graft and plunder complaints already being prepared.
