The warrant involves three counts of grave threats, according to a court order that also set bail at 120,000 pesos (US$1,900) for each count. The charges were first filed last month, based on a National Bureau of Investigation criminal complaint in February 2025.Duterte’s lawyer, Paul Lawrence Lim, on Friday confirmed the Quezon City regional trial court “has issued a warrant of arrest against the vice-president”.His client “has no intention of evading the law and will continue to exercise all her legal remedies”, he added.In November 2024, the vice-president claimed after a late night news briefing that she had hired an assassin and instructed him, if she were ever murdered, to kill Marcos, his wife, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and his cousin, then house speaker Martin Romualdez. Duterte-Carpio has since denied making those threats.The alleged ‌threats are also among the allegations included in the impeachment ⁠complaint against Duterte, who is being tried before the Senate ⁠sitting as an impeachment court. A conviction could remove her from office and derail her presidential bid ‌in 2028.