National Bureau of Investigation Cyber Investigation Senior Agent John Mark Calilung takes the stand at the Senate plenary hall during Day 2 of the historic impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte in Pasay City on July 7, 2026. Calilung testified for the prosecution regarding the forensic authentication of livestreamed videos containing Duterte’s alleged threats against national officials. Also in photo, private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan. INQUIRER PHOTO / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
MANILA, Philippines — A nearly two-year-old video of Vice President Sara Duterte badmouthing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying she had imagined cutting his head, was played during the second day of Duterte’s impeachment trial.
This comes during the House prosecution panel’s direct examination of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agent John Mark Calilung, who was the agent in charge of looking into Duterte’s proclamation that she had hired someone to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
After playing the clip of Duterte making the claim, counsel of the prosecution, Amando Ligutan asked Calilung how the investigation moved forward.
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