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Philippine VP Made 'Active Threat' On Marcos' Life: Palace

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte told a late-night press conference she had ordered an underling to kill the president if an alleged plot against her life were carried out (Credit: AFP)

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' security detail has been put on alert over what his office is calling an "active threat" against his life by Vice President Sara Duterte, the palace said Saturday.

The statement followed an expletive-laced press conference in which Duterte alleged she was the subject of an assassination plot and said she ordered a member of her security team to kill the president should it succeed.

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