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Trillanes Testifies on Alleged Duterte Family Payments from Uy in Impeachment Hearing
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV testified before the House justice committee on April 22, 2026, alleging Vice President Sara Duterte and her family received over P100 million from Samuel Uy between 2011 and 2013. He linked the funds to unexplained wealth and potential impeachable offenses. The hearing examines impeachment complaints against the vice president.
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Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV testified at a House of Representatives justice committee hearing in Manila on April 22, 2026, detailing payments exceeding P100 million that Vice President Sara Duterte and her family allegedly received from Samuel Uy between 2011 and 2013.
6 million in payments made via cashier’s and personal checks to various Duterte family members during that period. He described the transactions as part of broader allegations of unexplained wealth in the impeachment proceedings against the vice president.
32 million across three transactions from Uy between 2011 and 2013. 58 million across five transactions in the same timeframe, according to Trillanes' testimony. 81 million across four transactions from Uy during those years.
6 million and were directed to multiple family members.
Trillanes identified Samuel Uy as a known business partner of Michael Yang, who served as former president Rodrigo Duterte’s economic adviser. He noted that Yang has been embroiled in the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation scandal and Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) scandals.
Uy was also among the top campaign donors to Rodrigo Duterte in his 2016 presidential run, according to Trillanes.
4 billion flowed between 2003 and 2016. 63 million. Trillanes stated that the vice president failed to declare these funds in her Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN).
