VP told: Massive splurge for shoes; P200,000 Japan dinner not simple life

Inquirer.net - Oct 10, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Being able to spend over P300,000 in a day to buy shoes and having a dinner in Tokyo, Japan, worth P200,000, are not the hallmarks of living a simple life, members of the prosecution team told Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday. In a press briefing after Duterte’s impeachment trial, two prosecutors

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