India, Sept. 5 -- Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday posted bail, a day after a court issued a warrant for her arrest over an alleged threat to have the country's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated.

Duterte appeared at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, where she was fingerprinted and posted a cash bond of 360,000 pesos, equivalent to around 5,740 US dollars, on three counts of grave threats.

What is the vice-president accused of doing?

Prosecutors allege Duterte made the threat during a late-night online news conference in 2024, in which she claimed to have arranged for a hitman to kill Marcos, his wife and a cousin who serves in Congress, should she herself be killed first. Duterte has since said her remark...