Manila, April 3 -- "Glad I could help."

This was the response of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., according to Palace Press Officer Claire Castro, to Vice President Sara Duterte, who thanked him "ironically" for helping mend the relationship between her and her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte.

The Vice President is in The Hague, Netherlands, where her father is detained by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges related to his controversial war on drugs as mayor of Davao City and as president.

In one of her media interviews, the younger Duterte credited Marcos as there had been "forgiveness" between her and her father.

Castro, in a press briefing in Malacanang on Thursday, said she told Marcos about the Vice Presi...