LIVE UPDATES: VP Sara Duterte impeachment hearing (April 22, 2026)

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) on Wednesday confirmed that at least 18 bank transactions linked to Vice President Sara Duterte and her family members, as cited in the affidavit of former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, match records of covered and suspicious transaction reports.

AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura told the House Committee on Justice hearing on the Vice President’s impeachment that 18 of the transactions cited in Trillanes’ affidavit and testimony correspond to entries in AMLC records, including three transactions allegedly involving supposed drug personality Samuel “Sammy” Uy.

Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday alleged that Vice President Sara Duterte and members of her family received millions of pesos from alleged drug lord Samuel “Sammy” Uy.

Who is he, and how is he linked to the Duterte family?

Uy is a Davao-based businessman and was among the major campaign donors of former president Rodrigo Duterte during the 2016 national elections.

The House Committee on Justice has issued a subpoena to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to present the results of its probe into alleged threats made by Vice President Sara Duterte in 2024.

Bukidnon Rep. John Keith Flores raised the motion on Wednesday during the continuation of the impeachment proceedings against Duterte.

Vice President Sara Duterte was listed as a stockholder and member of the board of directors of a Davao-based private company from 2022 to 2025 while serving in office, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Wednesday.

Citing the General Information Sheet (GIS) of Metro City Chow Foods Corp., SEC Company Registration and Monitoring Department (CRMD) Director Gerardo del Rosario said the name “Sara Z. Duterte” appeared as a stockholder holding 500 shares and as a member of the board of directors during the period.

Vice President Sara Duterte did not declare any cash on hand and bank deposit since 2019, her Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) submitted with the Office of the Ombudsman showed. 

During the House justice committee hearing on the impeachment complaints against Duterte on Wednesday, Manila 2nd District Rep. Joel Chua examined Duterte’s SALN declarations from 2007 to 2024.

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) reported on Wednesday that bank transactions totaling P6.7 billion—classified as covered and suspicious—were recorded under the names of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio.

AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura disclosed this during the House committee on justice’s impeachment hearing against the Vice President.

Buenaventura appeared before the panel and submitted the AMLC report in compliance with a subpoena, as lawmakers investigate allegations that Duterte amassed unexplained wealth.

House justice committee chairperson and Batangas Representative Gerville Luistro on Wednesday called on Sagip party-list Representative Paolo Marcoleta to bring his questions on the legality of the panel's impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte before the Supreme Court. 

The testy exchange between Luistro and Marcoleta stemmed from the latter's adverse comments on the disclosure of Duterte's Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) before the committee's impeachment proceedings for determination of probable cause. 

The impeachment proceeding being conducted by the House committee on justice has unearthed a "body of evidence" against Vice President Sara Duterte, according to House justice panel chairperson and Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro. 

Luistro made the pronouncement on Wednesday as the panel resumed the impeachment proceedings, a week after detainee Ramil Madriaga, the Commission on Audit, the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine Statistics Authority were presented in the last hearing. 

“What we saw was not a single piece of evidence—but a body of evidence. Hindi paisa-isa, kundi magkakaugnay,” Luistro said.

(Not individually, but evidence that are connected.)

“This proves that there was a pattern, and it raises even more questions about who was really behind these documents. Magkakaiba ang mga pangalan, ngunit iisa ang pirma,” she added.

(The names may be different, but the signature belongs to one person.)

The Vice President was again a no-show during Wednesday's proceeding. 

Luistro called out Duterte for failing to address these allegations by focusing on Madriaga’s claims of her supposed struggles in law school, saying that such comments made outside of the impeachment proceedings do not have weight and do not dispute the allegations.

Duterte previously called out the House proceedings, saying the so-called mini trial reflected “abuse and corruption” among some members of the committee on justice.

“This mini-trial… is true to form for some of its members: abuse and corruption appear to be the only things they are capable of,” Duterte said.

Duterte further alleged that ongoing political processes, including impeachment efforts, are being used for political maneuvering rather than accountability.

The liabilities of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, increased to P9.95 million in 2024 from P3.75 million in 2022 based on the Vice President’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN.)

The 2022 to 2024 SALNs of the Vice President jointly filed with her husband were submitted to the House committee on justice by the Office of the Ombudsman in compliance with the subpoena for the ongoing impeachment hearing against the Vice President.