The vice-president of the Philippines has hired a hitman to kill the country’s president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife and the speaker of the house, in the event she is assassinated. Describing how she contracted an assassin as a kind of insurance policy for her own protection,

The president’s security has been boosted after his deputy’s ‘active threat’ that were ‘made so brazenly in public’.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed, prompting Marcos’ office to vow “immediate proper action.”

THE Presidential Security Command (PSC) on Saturday said it had 'heightened and strengthened its security protocols' for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the first family following an 'active threat' made by Vice President Sara Duterte.

The ‘active threat’ has been referred to the Presidential Security Command for ‘immediate proper action’ following her warning.

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine security agencies stepped up safety protocols on Saturday after Vice President Sara Duterte said she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed.

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

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself was killed, amid a growing rift between the two most powerful political families in the country.