Kitty Duterte in fighting mode after ex-President Duterte’s arrest
Kitty Duterte updates Duterte supporters on her father’s arrest.
Veronica “Kitty” Duterte served as a bridge for supporters of her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, after his arrest.
Through social media posts, Kitty shares what has been happening to her father since he was arrested at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Tuesday morning, March 11, 2025, until he was taken to Villamor Airbase, Pasay City, before being flown to The Hague, Netherlands.
Kitty is Duterte’s daughter with his common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña. Since her father’s arrest, Kitty has been trending on social media for her combative nature — such as her swearing and sharp eye-to-eye stare at Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Director Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III, who led the arrest of the former President.
Torre experienced a taste of cheapness from Kitty on the general’s 55th birthday on March 11.
Kitty Duterte is so arrogant, you’d think she didn’t come from the people with her nose pic.twitter.com/KUH9vCQ5yH
— 𐚁 (@kaypatricktayo) March 11, 2025
KITTY DUTERTE’S INSTAGRAM STORIES
Here are Kitty’s consecutive posts on her Instagram Stories:In Kitty’s last Instagram story post this Wednesday, she shared a screenshot or picture of her communication with her father via video call.
Kity’s caption, “a flight lasting more than 8 hours but left with just a sandwich to eat???”
A few hours after Duterte left the Philippines, Kitty made a promise to her father through a social media post with a picture of them when they were little.
Kitty said: “I will forever walk with pride knowing that I am your daughter, your blood.
“I am Duterte. The strength you raised me with will go untamed.
“I will stand by the promise I made you today. I love you Dada.”
FORMER PRESIDENT DUTERTE NOW ON HIS WAY TO THE HAGUE
It was past eleven o’clock in the evening when the chartered Gulfstream G550 jet with the number RPC5219 took off from Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Tuesday, March 11.
This will take former President Rodrigo Duterte to The Hague, Netherlands.
Duterte will be brought to The Hague for trial by the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to serious allegations of his crimes against humanity resulting from his campaign against illegal drugs.
This Wednesday, March 12, 8:03 A.M., the plane carrying Duterte landed at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, UAE for refueling, after a nine-hour flight from the Philippines.
From Dubai’s international airport and after refueling the plane, Duterte will fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The plane ride from Dubai to Rotterdam, a large city in the southwest of the Netherlands, takes about seven hours.
Rotterdam is only seventeen miles from The Hague, the seat of the Dutch government and the location of the ICC where Duterte will be brought and prosecuted.
Accompanying the former president on his trip to The Hague were his personal nurse, executive assistant, and former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.
Kitty posts a photo of her father while a doctor checks his blood pressure
Photo/s: @veronicaduterte on Instagram
Kitty posts screenshot of the doctor’s medical certificate after checking former President Duterte’s blood pressure.
Photo/s: @veronicaduterte on Instagram
Kitty posts a photo of her father sleeping on the couch and claims that the former President is being denied of proper healthcare.
Photo/s: @veronicaduterte on Instagram
Kitty posts a video of CIDG Director Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III talking to Duterte family and close aides minutes before taking the former President to the plane that will fly him to The Hague.
Photo/s: @veronicaduterte on Instagram
In a photo of a police bus carrying former President Duterte, Kitty writes, “the took my dad from us, put him on a plane and wouldn’t say where to. people wake up.”
Photo/s: @veronicaduterte on Instagram
Kitty shows a photo of the chartered jet that will fly her father to The Hague.
Photo/s: Kitty Duterte Instagram
Photo/s: @veronicaduterte on Instagram
Kitty posts a screenshot of her conversation with her father’s nurse.
Photo/s: @veronicaduterte on Instagram
Kitty shows her torn dress which she claims was a result of “the harassment they did to my family and i today.”
WHY iCC ARRESTED DUTERTE
The ICC is investigating Duterte for alleged crimes against humanity committed while he was President of the Philippines from June 2016 to June 22, 2022.
EJKs—or ExtraJudicial Killings—are the killings of people allegedly involved in the drug trade.
According to pna.gov.ph on March 30, 2022, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)’s EJK figures are: “6,229 people died in 226,662 anti-drug operations conducted from July 2016 to January 31, 2022.”
According to the CHR (Commission on Human Rights) report of November 2, 2021, it will review “5,655 cases of anti-drug operations where deaths occurred including those being handled by the Administrative Order No. 35 Inter-agency Committee on Extra-Legal Series, Enforced Disappearances, Torture, and Other Grave Violations to Life, Liberty and Security of Persons.”
The ICC was established in 2002 in The Hague, Netherlands, to serve as a court of last resort for the most serious or grave crimes, including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression.
The ICC intervenes in matters or crimes that national courts cannot or will not prosecute.
