Sara Duterte announces presidential run‘COST OF DEFECTION’: Duterte’s announcement could be an effort to keep allies in line with the promise of a return to power amid political uncertainty, an analyst saidAFP, MANILAPhilippine Vice President Sara Duterte yesterday announced she would run for president of the Southeast Asian nation of 116 million in 2028. Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gestures during a news conferfence in Manila yesterday. “I am Sara Duterte. Sara Duterte has seen the impeachment bid against her revived in the past few weeks, with members of the Philippine clergy filing a case against her on Monday last week, one of three logged within days. A guilty verdict would result in Sara Duterte being barred from politics and sidelined from the presidential race.

Source: Taipei Times February 18, 2026 16:14 UTC