Reminded Gov. [Gregorio] Licaros of the sugar quedans that have bounced as the sugar was not in the warehouse—specially [Valeriano C.] Bueno’s PASUMIL [Pampanga Sugar Mills].
And for him to obtain the list of the big withdrawals during the run in the private banks. This will be used for the investigations on undeclared income.
After mass at 1:00 PM, lunch at the Big Antique. I researched for my book on the chapter on “Constitutional Dictatorship” to “Constitutional Authoritarianism.”
[Clinton] Rossiter’s book on Constitutional Dictatorship is interesting.
The cases of the Roman Republic, Germany, France and [Abraham] Lincoln of America are discussed.
Met [Benigno] Benny Toda [Jr.] of PAL [Philippine Airlines] on the problems of Rationalization of the airlines, the US-PI air agreement and the need for PAL to go public.
Then met Bueno and Eng. Agonias. Told Bueno to attend to his bouncing quedans.
Official Gazette for November 26, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS directed that the promulgation of the rules implementing transfer of lands from landowners to tenants be postponed pending studies made in the pilot projects. The directive which was embodied in a memorandum addressed to Secretary of Agrarian Reform Cohrado F. Estrella and Secretary of Finance Cesar E. A. Virata, listed some of the guidelines that will be adopted, including, 1) that no tenant will be ejected or removed pending the promulgation of the Rules and Regulations; and, 2) that landowners will be encouraged to sell or swap their lands under certain arrangements.
NATIONAL LABOR Relations Commission established by President Marcos under Presidential Decree No. 21, settled 135 cases during its first month of operation ending November 21, resulting in the payment of P201,887.50 as back wages and separation pay to 121 workers and in the reinstatement of 58 workers. In the first monthly report submitted by Undersecretary Amado G. Inciong, commission chairman, the NLRC received a total of 685 cases, of which 135 were settled; and 318 applications for clearance to shut down, to dismiss employees, of which 285 were granted and 33 referred for mediation-factfinding.
MOST PRIVATE hospitals and physicians are now abiding by the policy of the Medicare Program to charge medicare patients only the medicare rates provided under R.A. 6111. Dr. Pacifico E. Marcos, chairman of the Philippine Medical Care Commission, said this is a development resulting from the growing confidence in the program by beneficiaries, on the one hand, and hospitals and physicians, on the other. He deplored, however, that some private hospitals and physicians still tend to charge more than the medicare rates.