Vice President Sara Duterte denied reports she is opposed to the sale of her father’s house in Davao City.
However, her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, told her brother Paolo that he does not want the property sold as it is the first house that he bought.
“We asked him if the house will be sold, and he said no way. He told me, ‘Why would I sell that? That’s my very first house.’ He does not want it to be sold,” Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte said in an interview with the Alvin & Tourism Facebook Page after he visited his father at the International Criminal Court detention center in The Hague.
Paolo said the house in Doña Luisa Subdivision in Davao City is different from the property of Honeylet Avanceña, his father’s longtime partner.
“Ma’am Honeylet has her own, bigger house. That is not where they live,” Paolo added.
The Office of Vice President, for its part, said she has not expressed support or opposition to the sale of the property.
The OVP confirmed, however, that the Vice President mentioned in a May 12, 2025 interview the “possibility of opening her father’s house to the public.”
On Saturday, Avanceña announced that the Davao City residence is up for sale.
A “for sale” tarpaulin was posted on the gate Saturday but was removed a day after.
