Went to bed at 1:45 AM and woke up at 8:30 AM. Got the sultan and his wife out on a sightseeing trip of Corregidor with Gen. [Manuel] Yan and Gen. [Romeo] Espino, Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff, at 9:00 AM. They came back at about 11:00 AM. We took the ship to the Esso pier at Limay where we took the helicopters to Dambana ng Kagitingan. Returned at 2:00 PM and proceeded to Manila at 2:30 PM where we arrived at 4:00 PM. Played golf at [Bahay] Pangarap while Imelda showed the party around Fort Santiago, the Cultural Center, the Battle Monuments and Libingan Ng Mga Bayani.
Met on the Indonesian trade and Philippine investments in that country; sought advice from Justices [Antonio] Barredo and [Claudio] Teehankee [Sr.] and Solicitor General Felix Antonio. Then met the Steel Committee and the IISMI [Iligan Integrated Steel Mills Inc.] and Elirol people to tell them of my decision to have them merge on the list strip mill phase.
Got the report of Gen. Singson on the Spratley Island project. I attach the folder.
Also got a report on the PAL [Philippine Air Line] problems and the conflict in the La Carlota Sugar Mill. I attach the letters.
I have rejected the PAL proposal.
Official Gazette for March 16, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS ordered Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources Arturo R. Tanco, Jr. to work out arrangements with the Greater Manila Terminal Food Market (GMTFM) toward making the Fishermen’s Market in Navotas, Rizal operational by the end of the month.
The President said the opening of the fishermen’s market will contribute to the stabilization of the prices of fish and other sea products in the Greater Manila area.
Their arrangements ordered by the President for the GMTFM to include the completion of construction and the installation of the needed facilities, for eventual turn over to a fishermen’s cooperative.
To prepare the groundwork for the market’s transfer to the cooperative, the President ordered Secretary Tanco to take steps toward the organization of a cooperative for fishermen.
In the course of his work on official papers in the afternoon the President designated Jesus A. Avanceña as acting member of the board of governors of the Development Bank of the Philippines.
The President also submitted to the Commission on Appointments for consideration the nomination of Oscar T. Eusebio as register of deeds of Rizal.