FACT CHECK: 2025 news report used to claim VP Sara is now impeached

2026-03-13 - 02:14

Claim: Vice President Sara Duterte has now been impeached by the House of Representatives. Rating: MISSING CONTEXT Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook reel from Toto Leomel has garnered 117,000 views, 2,000 reactions, 280 shares, and 210 comments since it was posted on March 1. The reel features a clip from a GMA News report about Duterte’s impeachment in the House of Representatives. “Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, isang bise presidente nga ng bansa ang inimpeach ng Kamara. Inindorso ng 215 na kongresista ang pang-apat na impeachment complaint laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte, sobra sa kailangang 102 o one-third ng lahat ng miyembro ng Kamara para hindi na ito litisin dito sa Kamara,” the reporter said. (For the first time ever, a vice president of the country has been impeached by the House of Representatives. The fourth impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte was endorsed by 215 House members, more than the required 102 or one-third of the total House members for it not to be tried here in the House.) A text overlay added to the reel reads, “VP Sara Duterte impeach[ed] na, kauna-unahang pagkakataon”(VP Sara Duterte is impeached, for the first time)” and “Courtesy: GMA7.” Several comments beneath