6:00 PM
On board the 777
off Corregidor on the way
to Manila
We are hoping to see the cross at Mt. Samat on fire from the sunset again but it looks cloudy. It seems like it has rained in Manila.
Went fishing at 5:00 AM along the western Bataan coast almost as far as Saysayin.
I was water skiing at 11:15 AM. The sea was unusually calm in Talaga—all the way to my last round from 4:10 PM up to 4:45 PM.
For we took lunch at the floating pier and gave the UOU [Underwater Operations Unit] and my security a chance to learn to ski.
Official Gazette for May 27, 1973: THE GOVERNMENT has enlisted the aid of teachers to intensify its efforts in propagating the goals of the New Society among the students in all levels of the educational system. In a directive to the Department of Education and Culture, President Marcos has asked for a progress report on the Department’s ongoing special programs aimed at reorienting teachers on the objectives of the administration. The President considered these programs, which he had ordered drawn up sometime ago, of utmost importance since school teachers mold the minds of about 10 million students, roughly one-third of the country’s population. The Government’s move was announced by the President over the weekly multi-network, The DPI Report, wherein he spoke on “Freedom from Ignorance,” the third in a series of discussions in the four freedoms, in connection with the month-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Philippine Independence.
FOUR INTERNATIONAL conferences are scheduled to be held in the Philippines between this year and 1975. These international meetings, which will gather in one roof the core of tourist industry leaders, are expected to intensify the country’s bid for international tourists. The four international conventions to be held in Manila from 1973 to 1975 are: 1) The Hongkong Association of Travel Agents, June 3-6, 1973; 2) The International Congress and Convention Association, November, 1973; 3) The meeting of Rotary International in Asia, January, 1974; 4) The Asian Regional Conference of Rotary International, January, 1975. These international meets, particularly the HATA and ICCA conventions, will be attended by prominent tourist industry leaders who are in the best position to promote the Philippines as tourist destination point.
SOCIAL SECURITY System has announced that cessation of operations or separation of employes will not exempt employers from registration and payment of contributions for the period the separated employes were under their employ. SSS Administrator Gilberto Teodoro issued this clarification in connection with the deadline on May 31 this year foil the payment in full of delinquent accounts and the submission of proposals of payment without incurring criminal liability of fine. Mr. Teodoro said that the general rule since June 18, 1960 is compulsory coverage for industrial and agricultural employes and casual workers.
THE PHILIPPINES appealed to the colonial powers to heed the pleas for independence of colonized nations as it reaffirmed its policy to uphold the right to self-determination of all peoples. The appeal was aired by acting [unreadable] Secretary Jose D. Ingles in a press statement relayed [unreadable] Philippine deputy permanent representative to the United Nations session of the UN marking the Week of Solidarity with the colonial peoples of Southern Africa, Guinea (Bissau), and Cape Verde in their struggle for independence. Expressing sympathy with the colonial peoples in these three countries in their struggle for freedom. Secretary Ingles said the Philippines was reaffirming its fervent belief that in due course there will no longer be any country or peoples suffering from colonial domination.
I took a 20 minute nap up at the Bataan beach house and then went down to ski another five or six rounds.
I am now slaloming on one ski.