The failure of [Salvador] Allende in Chile has been interpreted as a failure of socialism. The French political philosopher Raymond Aren puts it, “Allende may have had the legal capacity to install socialism but he did not have the ‘political capacity.’” Prof. Harold Blakemore of London University’s Institute of Latin American Studies says: “The great tragedy of what has happened to Chile is that the country had the capacity to make reforms without violence. But Pres. Allende’s own party chose to ignore this via chilena and used violence to promote change in a system that was more adaptable to change than any other in Latin America.”
Allende never had a popular majority on his side.
This should be a lesson to us. We must always have the support of the people.
So we must tighten the barangay and Samahang Nayon organizations.
Official Gazette for September 30, 1973: THE PHILIPPINES and Hungary established formal diplomatic relations, the third the Philippines has signed with Easter European socialist countries in 10 days. Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo signed the formal accord with Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Peter at the Philippine Mission offices in New York. Similar accords were previously signed with East Germany and Poland.
SECRETARY of Trade Troadio T. Quiazon, Jr., warned government personnel and lawmen detailed with the Department of Trade against dishonesty, abuse and inefficiency. Secretary Quiazon issued the warning, in Circular No. 3 (series of 1973) even as he disclosed that he had instituted measures to ferret out abusive and corrupt officials and employes of offices, bureaus and agencies under his department. He stressed that there is no room in the government service for those who abuse the powers of public office, who neglect their duties and who harass and intimidate the people they are sworn to serve.
MEMBER of the Government Service Insurance System who has retired or who has been separated from public service can apply for a renewal of his medicare membership even if he has not done so within the prescribed 60-day period for such renewal. The Philippine Medical Care Commission (PMCC) decided this recently in a resolution it passed relaxing a provision of the Medicare Law (Republic Act 6111) requiring a retired or separated GSIS member to apply for a renewal of his medicare membership within 60 days from termination of his service, otherwise he would not be covered anymore by the health insurance scheme.
ACTING Social Security Administrator Reynaldo Gregorio has issued a reminder to all SSS members regarding the importance of having only one SSS number. He emphasized that the crediting of all contributions made m behalf of an SSS member is processed through his or her number. Job applicants, therefore, who were already given an SSS card need not obtain another number if they are merely transferring jobs or getting reemployed. Having one SSS number facilitates the proper crediting of all contributions which are the basis for computation of the amount of benefits or service loans.