What we have fearing about the fast developing international events in Asia spawning Official Gazette for July 12, 1971: President Marcos called upon the world’s institutions of learning to take the initiative in the promotion of “human brotherhood and peace among nations.” In a speech at the opening of the…

Imee and Irene arrived by PAL [Philippine Air Lines] at 8:45 PM from Bangkok and London. Irene is taller but slimmer. Imee is prettier and more confident. Both are fairer and more demonstrative. They apparently have minds of their own. Pugger (Snow white), Sue Ann and their three puppies, all…

National Security Council (with Congs. Ramon Mitra, Jr., House Minority Floor Leader and Carmelo Barbero, senior opposition member of the House Committees of Foreign Affairs and National Defense) met on the Spratley Islands case at 11: AM at the fort Aguinaldo briefing room. Mitra commended the Armed Forces and its…

I have just finished a working session on the book I am writing, “The New Revolution”. After this book I am organizing a commission to document and research for the materials for the book I will write of the story of the Philippine political, social and economic evolution. From this…

I am now busy settling conflicts on the candidacies for governor, mayor and even senator. One of the last is that of Sen. A[lejandro] Almendras. He is playing hard to get, saying he does not want to run. But I know he does. What he wants is for me to…

Last night at 7:00 PM, at the instance of the Solicitor General, the Supreme Court issued a restraining order against the oil companies to restrain them from raising their prices before the Oil Industry Commission considers the matter and holds the hearings required for a determination of a reasonable and…

Worked on prices (rice, cement and milk) the IISMI [Iligan Integrated Steel Mills Inc.] problem, DBP [Development Bank of the Philippines], imports, production and related matters Official Gazette for July 6, 1971: President Marcos had a three-hour conference with members of the Price Control Council and a number of Cabinet…

I must write the history of the war. The Mt. Samat visit with the Romualdezes has again brought out the question: why has not the Dambana ng Kagitingan been brought to the attention of the younger generation. They must know our history. So we should send out some literature on…

I write this on board the Ang Pangulo as we are entering Manila Port on July 5, 1971 As the sea was rough and the ship was pitching, rolling and yawing when I went to bed at about 12:30 PM. I could not write my diary. We left Ulot, Tolosa…

The mausoleum for Imelda’s lather, Don Vicente Orestes Romualdez, is at a most idyllic spot at the end of the town of Tolosa where the stream which crosses the western part of the village drains into the sea. It is lush growing with nipa and other marsh plants like an…