Official Gazette for April 14, 1973: THE PRESIDENT said the Government will soon embark on the pioneer production of small aircrafts to compliment the program to modernize strategically-situated airports in various points of the country. The President spelled this out during the inauguration of the extended airport runway in Bacolod City. The improved runway is one of the first projects completed in the Government’s crash program to modernize and energize domestic aviation. In a speech read for him by Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications Secretary David M. Consunji, the President lauded the people and city officials of Bacolod for taking the initiative in modernizing its airport facilities Aside from extending the runway to accommodate bigger planes the project also involved the completion of an aerodrome tower.
The President said that the production of small or light aircraft will be undertaken by the Philippine Air Force.
SECRETARY OF INFORMATION Francisco S. Tatad said the Philippine experiment in Martial Law is an example for the world because it involved the restructuring and relocation of responsibilities and privileges “without the terrible cost and waste of bloodshed and violence.” Speaking at the commencement exercises of the Bicol University in Legaspi City, where he was conferred the degree of humanities honoris causa, the secretary noted that in other countries where governments use extraordinary powers to deal with vested groups and fanatical ideologies, the restructuring of society is accomplished at the cost of terrible anguish to the people. But in the Philippines, Secretary Tatad said, the government set an example, not of brutality and repression but of humanity, clemency and accommodation.
THE PRESIDENT has approved the recommendation of the secretary of national defense to maintain the old price ceiling of P1.25 per lineal foot for the common 31 gauge GI sheets being use for roofing by low-income groups. Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile also announced that the new price ceiling gauge of 26 GI sheets at P2.30 per lineal foot shall take effect on April 16. The new price gauge 26 GI sheets shall be the old price ceiling prescribed by the local control council, plus P.45 per lineal foot, outside the Greater Manila Area. The President, on recommendation of the Steel Committee, has earlier approved the price increase of gauge 26 GI sheets to help the steel rollers and galvanizers from incurring big losses in view of the increase in the price of steel raw materials and other base metal used for galvanizing.
CENTRAL BANK’S Monetary Board approved a credit system to be known as “money shops” for the benefit of the average Filipino consumer. A brainchild of the Philippine Commercial and Industrial Bank, the novel credit system was approved by the Monetary Hoard because it will provide credit to the grassroots level and to as wide as a base as possible with benefits to the average Filipino consumer. The “PCI Bank’s Money Shops” will be established in large public markets offering working capital or inventory financing to stallholders up to a maximum of P10,000. For this pioneering effort, the MB gave PCIB preemptive rights to establish the “money shops” for a period of six months, after which other banks may follow suit.
THE PRESIDENT has promulgated Presidential Decree No. 174 extending the tax amnesty to May 31, specifically for taxpayers residing abroad and in six Mindanao provinces and Isabela. The decree grants amnesty on persons who may declare their hidden wealth or untaxed income up to May 31 because of their earlier failure to avail themselves of the amnesty “due to fortuitous events such as unstable peace and order conditions.” The Mindanao provinces covered by the new decree included Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Cotabato and South Cotabato. The decree further covers residents of the cities of Basilan, Zamboanga, Pagadian, Dipolog, Cotabato, Gen. Santos, Iligan and Marawi.
THE PHILIPPINES will acquaint the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the real facts in Mindanao during the forthcoming ministerial meeting in Pattaya, Thailand. In a statement before his departure for Thailand, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Carlos P. Romulo said that he would also express the concern of the Philippine government over the interference of certain foreign countries to encourage secessionist tendencies in the Muslim areas. Mr. Romulo said that he would explain to the 10 nation conference both the short-term reconstruction programs and long-term development projects of the Philippine government to bring the benefits of progress to the entire Muslim populace of Mindanao.
GENERAL IMPORTS Ltd., a worldwide shoe-importing enterprise, has allocated $50 million for the import of Philippine-made shoes over a four year period. The commitment was made to the President by David Graves and Joel Glasman, president and chairman, respectively, of the board of governors of Genesco Imports Ltd., during a call
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Worked on the development by City Corp. subsidiary of the First National City Bank of New York, of 700 hectares north of the Export Processing Zone for housing.
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Janesco—On shoe manufacturing at the Export Processing Zone. Conference with the Military at 4:30 PM.
Cabinet meeting at 7:30 PM.
Luncheon, awarding and speech for the inventions at Maharlika. Pledge of support and financing for the inventory.
at Malacañang. The shoe import executives told the President that after making a survey and finding investments climates in the Philippines very favorable, they have decided to make the Philippines their base of operation in Asia. The shoe import executives said Genesco has programmed some $50 million for imports from the Philippines and has already purchased an initial shipment worth P300,000.
BUREAU OF CENSUS and Statistics listed Rizal, Cebu, Negros Occidental, Manila and Cotabato as the five most populated provinces and city in the country. The statistics also projected the population will hit the 50-million mark by 1980. The list of the 12 most populated places in the country and their present population are as follows: Rizal— 3,429,616; Cebu—1,758,212; Negros Occidental—1,562,235; Pangasinan—1,481,341; Cotabato—1,286,425; Iloilo—-1,247,656; Leyte—1,146,559; Zamboanga del Sur—1,145,657; Quezon—1,105,978; Batangas— 1,023,466; and Pampanga—1,012,864. The BCS projected a revised list for 1980 though Rizal, Cebu Manila and Negros Occidental will still be in the five most populous. The projection showed that Rizal will have 5,209,715 residents; Cebu—2,063,065; Manila—1,743,522; Pangasinan—1,711,078; Negros Occidental—1,696,266; Cotabato—1,690,679; Iloilo–1,444,494; Zamboanga del Sur—1,429,772; Quezon—1,427,869; Pampanga—1,288,882; Batangas—1,278,962; and Leyte—1,225,730.
NATIONAL GRAINS Authority has directed all restaurant owners in the country to help in the nationwide rice conservation campaign. Statistics of the Directorate for Grains Economics of the NGA showed that a total of 23,500 sacks of rice is being wasted daily, costing the country P475 million a year. Mr. Tanchanco asked restaurant owners to submit a written report of the rice conservation efforts every three months.
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