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Harlene Delgado

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1769922093440622950626_1315331530619570_185117907763409350_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="Palace on Marcos Jr.’s health after diverticulitis diagnosis: ‘Wala namang problema’ "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Presidential Communications Office/Facebook </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Palace assured the public Sunday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is getting better after being diagnosed with diverticulitis — an inflammation of pouches inside the colon.</p><p>Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said the president ‘has no problems’ and had given her directives the last time they spoke on Friday, January 30.</p><p>“Kasi nung Friday na nag-usap kami, ang dami na niyang sinabi na dapat ito gawin, ito dapat ganyan. So nagjo-joke na siya off cam,” she told DZMM’s Sunday, February 1.</p><p>(On Friday, when we spoke, he had a lot to say about what needs to be done and how. He was also joking off camera)</p><div><a href="http://What is diverticulitis?">What is diverticulitis?</a></div><p>Last week, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said Marcos Jr. had been advised by doctors to take a week rest “just like any other normal individual” who had taken ill. He said he expects the president to be fully recovered in the net few weeks. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;MARCOS TO PRIORITIZE HEALTH OVER IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS&#x27;</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The Palace also said Marcos Jr. would prioritize work instead of monitoring the House Committee on Justice proceedings on impeachment complaints against him.</p><p>The proceedings, which will look into whether the complaints are sufficient in form and substance, begin Monday.</p><p>“Sa aking palagay, ang pangulo uunahin munang magtrabaho kaysa mag-monitor diyan kasi alam niya sa sarili niya, sinabi naman niya din sa akin na wala siyang nagawang impeachable offense,” Castro told DZMM Sunday, February 1.</p><p>(I think the president will put work first instead of monitoring that because he knows, and he told me, that he did not commit any impeachable offenses)</p><p>The Palace official added Malacañang is not worried about the impeachment complaints, which she called  ‘weak’ and ‘baseless’. </p><p>She said she has also been monitoring similar comments from legal experts and that she is confident that House members will consider the complaints thoroughly.</p><p>“Noon pa natin sinasabi, makailang impeachment na ‘yang pinag-uusapan natin, nauna pa yung kay VP Sara, hindi siya naggawa ng anumang impluwensiya,” she also said of the pending proceedings.</p><p>(We have been saying, even in the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, the president will not do anything to influence that)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/26/2-verified-impeachment-complaints-against-marcos-jr-referred-to-house-committee-on-justice-1903">2 verified impeachment complaints against Marcos Jr. referred to House Committee on Justice</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f2zvM0hMpJI?si=RQofVTVHQgu2zwXW" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The Palace assured the public Sunday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is getting better after being diagnosed with diverticulitis — an inflammation of pouches inside the colon.</p>

The Palace assured the public Sunday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is getting better after being diagnosed with diverticulitis — an inflammation of pouches inside the colon.

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Palace: Marcos Jr. on the mend, will focus on health instead of impeachment threat

Harlene Delgado,

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Published Feb 01, 2026 03:04 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 01, 2026 03:21 PM PHT

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