Sara Duterte: Mom prefers Baste for national politics

Inquirer.net - Oct 6, 2026

DAVAO CITY—Vice President Sara Duterte told journalists here on Tuesday that her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, had advised her to “come home” and leave national politics to her brother, Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, the city’s incumbent mayor. Duterte made this revelation at a press conference during which she denied accusations that she received money stuffed in suitcases from

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