Eunice Sumatra, Manager of the LandBank San Pedro Davao branch, was one of the bank representatives called to testify on Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment proceedings before the Senate impeachment court. Screengrab from livestream.
Manuel Mogato | October 6, 2026
MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband have a cumulative 190 million pesos ending balance in at least eight local banks from 2022 to 2025, which she failed to disclose in her annual statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN), the prosecution panel said.
At the continuation of the vice president’s marathon Senate impeachment trial, the prosecution panel said it intends to present a total of 14 representatives from government and private banks to prove the vice president failed to report in her SALN the money in her bank accounts.
In 2022, the year Duterte was elected vice president, she and her husband, Manases Carpio, had 59 million ending balance in eight banks. (Also read: China funnels 300 million pesos to Vice President’s husband’s food company)
Their ending balance for 2023 grew to 71 million pesos, but in 2024, the ending balance declined to 22 million pesos. In 2025, the ending balance was at 35 million pesos.
However, in the vice president’s SALN for the years 2022 to 2025, she did not report money on hand and in banks. (Also read: Anti-Money Laundering Council flags Vice President’s bank transactions)
Duterte reported her SALN grew from 7 million pesos in 2007 to 98 million pesos in 2025, which should include her banks’ ending balance.
The couple has 30 bank accounts in the eight local banks, including Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI), Banco de Oro (BDO), Security Bank and a government bank, Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP).
The prosecution first presented Eunice Sumatra, the bank manager of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) branch in San Pedro, Davao City where the vice president has a payroll account.
The bank manager testified on the vice president’s withdrawal slips, check deposits, and ending balance.
But a senator-judge, Panfilo Lacson, said he totalled the bank balance and it showed only 120,000 pesos a month deposits, which is less than the 330,000 pesos to 350,000 pesos monthly salary of the vice president.
A second LBP branch manager, Raquel dela Cerna of R. Magsaysay branch in Davao City, also testified that the vice president had two bank accounts but were already closed.
Her husband has an active account with more than 1 million pesos ending balance as of 2025.
The prosecution panel only presented two LBP branch managers to authenticate the bank accounts and not on the amount of cash deposited or the ending balances.
It will present a dozen more bank officials and, at the end, tie up all the bank accounts to show Duterte and her husband have millions of pesos in their bank accounts.
However, she did not disclose her ending balances in her SALN, a violation of law tantamount to culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust.
These are impeachable offenses that if found guilty could remove her from office.