Written on
Dec. 1, 1972 since I was
occupied with the meeting
with the military on the
decrees in the plebiscite
Mabuhay ang Pilipino (Paglulunsad) Inauguration at Maharlika—28 organizations including the civic organizations, women’s clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.
Similar ceremonies were held in all provincial capitals and cities.
National Heroes Day (Bonifacio Day) was chosen.
I attach copy of the speech I used as notes.
Official Gazette for November 30, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS called on the doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession to “share more of their time and energies in serving the masses, those who live in the slums in the cities, as well as in far-flung villages.” In a speech read for him at the second annual meeting of the Philippine Advisory Board for Medical Specialties, the President said that “we may need to rationalize the movement of our medical practitioners and other professionals to foreign lands, determine how much exodus may be tempered without violating the principle of choice and free movement.
ACCOMPANIED BY the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, the President inspected the commuter train service which he had ordered established to provide cheaper and faster means of transportation for the settlers in Carmona, Cavite and San Pedro Tunasan, Laguna. The President motored to the Pio del Pilar PNR station at Kilometer 13.249 where he boarded one of the self-propelled commuter coaches for the Greater Manila Terminal Food Market. During the five-minute ride, Col. Nicanor Jimenez, PNR general manager, informed the President that the 5.5-kilometer extension line from Sail Pedro Tunasan, Laguna to Carmona, Cavite will be completed on the first week of April next year. Col, Jimenez reported however that beginning December 1, two commuter cars running in pairs will make eight trips between San Pedro Tunasan and Tutuban with initial stops at San Lazaro, Sampaloc, Sta. Mesa, Pandacan, Paco, Pio del Pilar, Highway 54, GMTFM, Philippine American Embroidery and Sukat.
IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS affecting the personal and household effects of residents of the Philippines returning from abroad, was approved by Secretary of Finance Cesar E. A. Virata. Personal and household effects of returning Philippine residents, including jewelry, precious stones and other articles of luxury, which were formally declared and listed before departure and identified under oath before the collector of customs when exported from the Philippines by such returning residents upon their departure or during their stay abroad, may be allowed entry free Of duty, under certain conditions.
ADDED SIGNIFICANCE to the commemoration of Banifacio Day was given by President Marcos by launching the “Mabuhay ang Pilipino Movement” from historic Maharlika hall of Malacañang. In a speech before thousands affiliated with 28 civic organizations participating in the movement, the President said: “Today, as we pay homage to a man who made us all proud to be Filipinos, it is only fitting that we should choose this day to launch a movement which summons all the energies of our people, and join them together in the building of our new society.” The President recalled that in Bonifacio’s time “the cries of pain and protest brought into fruitful union all the aspirations of the Filipinos for nationhood and liberation, brought brother and brother together, and for the first time gave recognition to the Filipinos as one people. “That fateful union, led by the man we honor today.” the President said, “severed the ties of a subject people to their colonial masters and, at the sacrifice of blood, fortune and honor, planted the flag of a new nation before the eyes of the world.”
Meeting at 6:00 PM with Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile, Gen. [Romeo] Espino, [Rafael] Zagala, [Fidel] Ramos, [Jose] Rancudo, Commodore [Hilario] Ruiz, Gen. [Tagumpay] Nanadiego, [Alfredo] Montoya and [Fabian] Ver.
Dinner at the Tennis Courts—Mongolian barbecue by Tokyo Restaurant.