Philippine VP made 'active threat' on Marcos' life: palace

Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos security detail has been put on alert over what his office is calling an active threat against his li...

Manila: 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.

The Duterte and Marcos families have seen their alliance unravel in spectacular fashion in recent months, trading accusations of drug addiction and increasingly extreme rhetoric ahead of next year's mid-term elections and presidential polls in 2028.

"I already talked to a person in my security. I told him if I get killed, kill BBM (Ferdinand Marcos), (first lady) Liza Araneta and (the president's cousin) Martin Romualdez. No joke," Duterte said at a press conference that began after midnight.

"I said, if I die, don't stop until you have killed them."