A day of outing on the Ang Pangulo at Limbones Cave with the World Bank team with Mr. Chitham, the team of Dr. Gustav Ranis on the Comprehensive Employment Survey and the Japanese Team on the Project and Commodity Loan of $75 million.
Slept at the boat last night at about 1:00 AM and woke up at 7:00 AM. Arrived at Limbones Cave at about 10:30 AM starting off from Pier 15 at about 8:00 AM.
I was able to water ski for about half an hour. Renewed acquaintance with the fishermen of Barrio Patungan of Maragondon, Domingo and his brothers in law. The barrio captain Adolfo was in town.
Official Gazette for January 21, 1973: BRIG GEN Fidel V. Ramos, PC chief, set Feb. 28 as the deadline for the surrender of all excess firearms in the possession of private individuals and members of the armed forces, and aid down the procedure for their turnover in accordance with General Order No. 22 issued by the President last Jan. 17.
STEPS TO HELP alleviate the serious rice shortage in many parts of the world is being taken by the United States government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this is to be done by increasing America’s rice acreage for the 1973 crop year (August-July) by 10 per cent—or about 250, 000 acres. Such an increase in acreage is expected to result in the production of an additional 300, 000 metric tons of rice.