Vice President Sara Duterte yesterday met with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Qatar, even as she prepared for another trip to the Netherlands to celebrate her 47thbirthday with her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte.
“On Tuesday, 27 May 2025, the Vice President will engage with members of the Filipino community in Doha through a series of scheduled activities,” the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said in a statement.
“While in the Netherlands, VP Duterte is set to meet with her father, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in The Hague on 30 May, and again from 02 to 03 June 2025,” it added.
The younger Duterte is joined in her travels to Qatar and the Netherlands by her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman.
She was joined by Senator Imee Marcos in meeting with Filipinos employed in the oil-rich state.
In a Facebook post, Marcos said she was invited to participate in the overseas event.
“I was invited, together with Vice President Inday Sara Duterte here in Qatar for an important interaction with our compatriots. I am also very happy to once again be with Inday’s mother, Madam Elizabeth Zimmerman,” she wrote in Filipino.
The OVP said Duterte intends to celebrate her birthday in The Hague, where she plans “to participate in a peaceful gathering organized by various Filipino community groups,” in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
She is expected to return to the Philippines on June 4.
While in Doha, the Vice President attended a thanksgiving mass at the Our Lady of Rosary Church before meeting with the OFWs later in the day.
Meanwhile, re-elected Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Polong Duterte asked his family’s supporters to keep praying for his father’s return.
In a video message on Tuesday, Rep. Duterte said, “To my brothers and fellow Filipinos, please keep on praying for our family, for my father so he can finally come home.”
“It is only right that he is returned to his beloved country to enjoy his life as a super senior citizen, and to enjoy the benefits and discounts [of being a senior citizen],” he added.
