While we were inaugurating the Philippine Art Center, the PAL [Philippine Airlines] BAC-11 plane in Cagayan de Oro was being hijacked by three men.
I have directed Contingency Plan No. I on Hijacks which is erode the will of the hijackers by continuous negotiations and by all means not to allow the plane to take off with the passengers.
Official Gazette for April 7, 1976: THE PRESIDENT was informed by an American business executive about his firm’s intention to enter into a joint venture with a local firm for the manufacture of telephone and PABX equipment for both the domestic and export markets. The official, Francis J. Dunleavy, is concurrently the president of International Telegraph and Telephone (ITT) New York.
OPERATORS of public utility vehicles in Metro Manila proposed the creation of a Department of Transportation that would integrate all modes of public transportation: land, air and water.
BUREAU of Internal Revenue released energy tax rates on sports cars, the most expensive models of which will be assessed at P13,000, including the registration fee.
THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady will preside at the dedication ceremonies of the P12-million National Arts Center at Mt. Makiling today in the presence of Filipino artists and foreign guests.