The [Gil] Puyat ouster move.
Sec. Constancio Castañeda and Sen. Leonardo Perez sent by Puyat.
Called [Ambrosio] Padilla, Magnolia [Antonino], [Wenceslao] Lagumbay by telephone.
Official Gazette for April 15, 1971: AFTER AN early morning stint at his desk disposing of official papers, the President turned to other official activities, which started at 10 a.m., with the conferment of the Order of Sikatuna, rank of Maginoo, to former Mayor Gordon S. Clinton of Seattle.
Clinton was specially cited for his “abiding concern for the well-being and greater welfare” of the Filipinos in Seattle, both in his capacity as former mayor of that city and as a private citizen.
The conferment ceremony was followed by the oath-taking of the chairman and five members of the newly reconstituted Institute of National Language.
Sworn in by the President were Director Ponciano B.P. Pineda (Tagalog), chairman Dr. Lino Q. Arquiza (Cebuano), Dr. Nelia Cuanco Casambre (Hiligaynon), Dr. Lorenza Ga. Cesar (Samar-Leyte), Dr. Alejandro Q. Perez (Pampango), members; and Assistant Director Fe Aldave-Yap, secretary and executive officer.
The President then received the members or the CFI-National Association of Clerks of Court led by Vicente S. Pulido, president, who called at Malacañang on the second day of the three-day annual convention of the group to pay their respects.
Also received by the President were Mayors Emma Gaddi of Kidapawan, Cotabato, and Florencio Bernabe of Parañaque, Rizal who took up with him local matters.
In the afternoon, the President motored to Navotas, Rizal for the inauguration of the Navotas Fish Market.
In his speech inaugurating the 3-hectare fish landing complex, the President described the Navotas Fish Market as a precursor of a more intensive effort of the government to transform Navotas into a center of the country’s fish industry.
The President said that the government has allotted P60 million for the construction of a fish port in Navotas, complete with such facilities as refrigeration storage, auction rooms, and facilities for fish brokerage activities in connection with wholesale transactions.
Of the P60 million, he said that the Asian Development Bank has already assigned to the Philippines a loan of $5.5 or some P37 million for the construction of the fish port.
The President, in the presence of national and local officials, big and small fishermen of the Manila Bay area, and residents of Navotas, signed an executive order opening the Navotas Fish Market and creating a Fish Landing Authority for Navotas.
Under the order, the authority to administer the fish market was transferred from the GMTFM and the DBP to the cooperative union, to be established by the fishermen of Navotas. He asked the fishermen-residents of the municipality to hasten the formation of these cooperatives.
Among those present at the ceremonies were Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources Arturo R. Tanco, Jr., DBP Chairman Leonides S. Virata, Commodore Santiago Nuval (ret.), of the Bureau of Customs, Navotas Mayor Felipe del Rosario, Commissioner of Fisheries Andres Mane, and DBP Governors Leon O. Ty, Atilano Cinco, Jose Estevez and Jose D. Ocampo.
The Navotas Fish Landing Authority will manage and operate the fish market under the administration of the Philippine Fisheries Commission.
Earlier in the afternoon, the President formally accepted the resignation of Director Alejo Santos of the Bureau of Prisons and named Brig. Gen. Vicente Raval (ret.) to succeed him.
The President also issued a proclamation authorizing the Press Photographers of the Philippines (PPP) to conduct a nationwide fund campaign during the period from April 15 to June 15.
Will meet [Alejandro] Almendras and [Dominador] Aytona tonight. They will be brought by [Jose] Joe Roy.
I estimate that the move will not prosper.
Inaugurated the Navotas Fish Market. Got a very warm reception.
We will work on the P60 million Navotas Fishermans’ port soon. P37 million from the $5.5 million from ADB [Asian Development Bank] and P23 million from our government.
After golf with [Lorenzo] Loreng Teves, [Jose] Joe Alberto, [Roberto] Bert Sabido, [Nicanor] Nick Yñiguez, I met the steel committee with the Jacintos, Aytona and Don Manolo Elizalde.
Received letters from Henry Ford and Mrs. Jean MacArthur.