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The panel will also send invitations to the following agencies, previously subpoenaed but excused during the April 14 hearing: - Office of the Ombudsman - Securities and Exchange Commission - Bureau of Internal Revenue

2- AMLC records and reports on covert or suspicious transactions reported by banks involving Duterte and/or husband Manases Carpio from 2006 to 2025, including any related AMLC investigation reports, or certification if no such records exist

House Committee on Justice issued a subpoena for the April 22 hearing on Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment. 1- Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, along with documents related to his claim of Duterte’s alleged unexplained wealth

She added that COA also issued a notice of disallowance for P375 million in confidential funds covering Q1 to Q3 of 2023.

COA’s Atty. Gloria Camora said the commission denied VP Sara Duterte’s appeal on the notice of disallowance and ordered the restitution of P73 million in public funds found to have been improperly used. This is part of the OVP’s P125 million confidential funds for Q4 2022.

PSA’s Engr. Marizza Grande said there are no birth, marriage, or death records for “Mary Grace Piattos,” “Milky Secuya,” and “Kokoy Villamin,” whose names appeared in receipts for VP Sara Duterte’s confidential funds. “Irene Tan” has multiple entries as it is a common name.

“There are seven groups of handwritten receipts that appear to have been written by one and the same person,” she said. Pitoy noted that the 36 receipts were limited to those requested by the House for examination.

NBI’s Carolyn Pitoy said there is a possibility that only seven people wrote the 36 acknowledgment receipts for recipients of VP Sara Duterte's confidential funds, despite the documents bearing different names.

Ramil Madriaga signs a bank waiver allowing the House Committee on Justice to look into the accounts listed in his supplemental affidavit. He claimed that he was used as bank "dummy" for former president Rodrigo Duterte. CONTEXT: newsinfo.inquirer.net/2211954/madria…

Separately, P205,000,000 allegedly passed through Madriaga via Vice President Sara Duterte and her team.

Rep. Renee Co computed that a total of P1,689,250,000 allegedly passed through Ramil Madriaga, based on the amounts listed in his supplemental affidavit, upon the instruction of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Ramil Madriaga said he is willing to sign a bank waiver. The alleged bagman of VP Sara Duterte claimed in his supplemental affidavit that he was used as dummy for fund transfers, with large sums routed through bank accounts opened in his name by ex-president Duterte's associates

Rep. Joel Chua asked Ramil Madriaga, the alleged bagman of VP Sara Duterte, to describe the duffel bags he supposedly used to deliver millions in cash. Madriaga said the bags were three to four times larger than the one shown by Chua.

Annex B of Madriaga's affidavit contains screenshots of supposed online meetings with VP Duterte during the campaign period

Madriaga on VP Duterte’s alleged denial of knowing him: Madami pong makapagpatunay sa gobyerno at kasama namin sa ISIP na mayroon kaming mga pagpupulong. mga meeting po noong eleksyon, halos 24 hours, minsan overnight pa. Kilalang-kilala niya po ako at kilalang-kilala ko din siya

Madriaga: I felt betrayed that despite all my efforts to support VP Duterte to the extent of even committing high risk acts for her and her family, she did not lift a finger to stop Harry Roque, who is her known ally and supporter, from filing the unfounded kidnapping case vs me

Madriaga on P125-M confidential fund allegedly used in 11 days: This is wrong. I personally disposed the money in less than 24 hours.

Ramil Madriaga, alleged bagman of VP Sara Duterte, reads his supplemental affidavit (executed April 11, 2026). He has been tagged by the House justice panel as “key witness,” as portions of his Nov 29, 2025 affidavit were cited in the third and fourth impeachment complaints.