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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday confirmed that he asked lawmakers to stop any efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, saying that this was not worth the time of Congress.

The dustup between the Philippines' top political families — the Marcos and Duterte clans — has entered the realm of major threat to the nation’s economy.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday failed to show up for a meeting with government investigators after being labelled the "self-confessed mastermind" of a plot to kill President Ferdinand Marcos.

Government officials were probing Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte after she said she had instructed someone to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. if she were killed. Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday failed to heed a subpoena over statements where she publicly claimed to have told someone to assassinate