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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community in Busan at the Wyndham Grand Busan on October 30, 2025. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool/File

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community in Busan at the Wyndham Grand Busan on October 30, 2025, as he begins his official activities in the Republic of Korea ahead of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting.
As of June 2025, the Philippine Embassy in Seoul reported 70,266 registered Filipinos residing in South Korea, with 59% (or 42,104) holding employment-related visas.
Most overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Korea are employed in manufacturing, agriculture, and fishing, while others work as performing artists, educators, professionals, and skilled laborers.
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Vivienne Gulla

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176942533860220251030-marcos-filipino-community-busan-PPA33.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community in Busan at the Wyndham Grand Busan on October 30, 2025. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool/File" width="960"/>President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community in Busan at the Wyndham Grand Busan on October 30, 2025. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool/File</div>MANILA -- The two verified impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have been referred to the House Committee on Justice, triggering the one-year ban on filing subsequent complaints against the President.The first complaint was filed last January 19 by Atty. Andre de Jesus, and the second complaint was filed on January 26 by leaders of progressive groups. On Monday, the two complaints were included in the House plenary session agenda.&quot;To the Committee on Justice,&quot; Presiding Officer and House Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Emano directed, when the complaints were tackled during the House plenary session.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/26/makabayan-refiles-marcos-impeachment-complaint-1052">READ: Makabayan refiles Marcos impeachment complaint</a></div>The 1987 Constitution provides that no impeachment proceedings shall be &quot;initiated&quot; against the same official more than once within a period of one year. House Rules state that impeachment shall be deemed &quot;initiated&quot; by the filing of a verified complaint &quot;and&quot; its subsequent referral to the House Committee on Justice.Upon referral, the House Committee on Justice shall determine sufficiency in form and substance. The panel has a maximum of 60 session days from referral to submit its report to the lower chamber, containing its findings and recommendations.The first complaint accused the President of graft and corruption, culpable violation of the Constitution, and betrayal of public trust.Among the grounds it cited are the surrender of former President Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court, the President&#x27;s alleged &quot;drug addiction&quot;, his failure to veto unprogrammed appropriations, claims that he benefitted from alleged kickbacks from budget insertions and ghost flood control projects, and his creation of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, supposed to to &quot;protect allies.&quot;<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/26/sandro-marcos-to-recuse-from-impeachment-proceedings-vs-dad-1118">READ: Sandro Marcos to recuse from impeachment proceedings vs dad</a></div>The second impeachment complaint, meanwhile, accused the President of betrayal of public trust, citing three articles of impeachment, including the allegation that the so-called &quot;Baselined-Balanced-Managed or the BBM Parametric Formula&quot; for the allocation of infrastructure budget resulted in the alleged &quot;massive misallocation of funds&quot; and laid the basis for alleged kickbacks and &quot;commitments&quot; for favored officials. The second article accused the President of abusing discretionary power over unprogrammed appropriations, and the third article alleged that the President has &quot;direct personal involvement in budgetary insertions and kickback schemes.&quot; The complaint cited previous claims by former House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Zaldy Co in a video posted on social media, that Marcos supposedly &quot;personally directed&quot; the insertion of P100 billion in the 2025 budget for alleged anomalous projects.

The two verified impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have been referred to the House Committee on Justice, triggering the one-year ban on filing subsequent complaints against the President.

The two verified impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have been referred to the House Committee on Justice, triggering the one-year ban on filing subsequent complaints against the President.

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2 verified impeachment complaints against Marcos Jr. referred to House Committee on Justice

Vivienne Gulla,

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Published January 26, 2026 07:03 PM PHT

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