Manila, March 19 -- Malacanang on Wednesday urged Vice President Sara Duterte to return to the Philippines to resume serving Filipinos and prove regularity on the use of the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) confidential funds.

In a Palace press briefing, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro advised Duterte to return home and shed light on how the OVP spent these funds.

"Kung ito man po ay nadiskubre po, siguro po mas paigtingin pa po talaga ang pag-iimbestiga patungkol po dito. Bakit po? Kasi karapatan po ng taumbayan malaman kung saan po talaga ginagasta ang pera 'no, ang pondo ng bayan, ang kaban ng bayan kung saan po nadadala (If this is discovered, maybe the investigation...