Philippine security agencies have stepped up safety protocols after Vice President Sara Duterte said she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed

The Presidential Security Command immediately boosted Marcos' security and said it considered the vice president's threat, which was “made so brazenly in public,” a national security issue.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed.