In Bo. [Barrio] Armenia, Tarlac, Tarlac, the PC [Philippine Constabulary] with 10th & 20th BCT [Battalion Combat Team] elements killed Commander Pio Mallari and Ando, the first the Huk commander of the western barrios and captured two with Thompson submachine guns with silencers. Three are still encircled. Operations still going on.
[Jose] Joe Maristela has reported that [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] called him, Gen. [George] Sanchez and ______ to a conference where he asked them for suggestions on where to land 10,000 firearms from Europe by boat. It should be either in Quezon or Nueva Vizcaya. They have chosen a place which they will inspect soon. We will catch them in the act of landing the firearms.
Played golf the whole day while Imelda and the children went to the Nakpil farm in San Jose del Monte near Novaliches on the way to Angat Dam 40 minutes away from Manila by car. Mass at 6:30 PM. Visited the prospective witness at 7:15 PM and had the planted men at Cultural Center on the farewell performance of Bayanihan.
I must decide to whom to give the right to manufacture car spare parts. Toyota has the edge now. And to whom to give the two additional flights Hongkong-Manila-Hongkong—Air Manila or Filipinas.
Official Gazette for July 26, 1970: President Marcos concentrated on measures aimed at firming up certain developmental programs, notably those on Central Luzon and on trade and industry. He did not receive visitors the whole day.
He also asked Vice President Fernando Lopez, concurrent secretary of agricultural and natural resources, to take a direct hand in the settling of disputes particularly those involving rights on lands and other natural resources of the country. The President likewise asked the Vice President to involve deeply all the appropriate agencies inside and outside of his department, simultaneous with the consolidation of all legal aid clinics.
To make more effective the implementation of programs in Central Luzon, the President reconstituted the executive committee of the Central Luzon Development Program (CLDP), as he appointed the three members of the committee. To stress the government’s policy to accelerate the development of trade and industry as a vital factor in the growth of the country’s economy, the President issued a proclamation declaring the period from 1970 to 1980 as “Buy Filipino Decade.”
The President said the government is intensifying efforts to industrialize and expand trade, especially the exportation of locally finished products. “Made-in-the-Philippines” products, the President pointed out, have acquired appreciable quality comparable to imported goods. At this stage of the nation’s development, the President stressed, “it is important to stimulate greater patriotism among our industrialists, manufacturers, institutions and people to take pride in our own products.” The proclamation of “Buy Filipino Decade” was requested by the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines which has initiated the nationwide movement for the patronization of locally made goods.