Just came in from the 5th Anniversary of Let’s Talk Business. I spoke of the economic situation now and what to expect in the coming years. After golf met with Greg[orio] Licaros on borrowing abroad. We must now seriously go after loans for our industries specially...
1970
October 20, 1970
Imelda and I went to Vigan, Ilocos Sur to pay our last farewell and visit [Floro] Floring Crisologo at his house where the widow and her children mourn. The sky was a little murky and the air and sky was a little turbulent. There was lightning in the air when we...
October 19, 1970
Official Gazette, October 19, 1970: The President conferred with various officials, received others who came for consultations, and fulfilled a speaking engagement in Tanay, Rizal, where the PHILEC plant, a landmark in local electrical industry, was inaugurated. In...
October 18, 1970
[Floro] Floring Crisologo was shot dead while kneeling down to take communion at 1640 hrs. in the cathedral at Vigan, Ilocos Sur. The killers of which there were two are still unidentified. They fired at about 4 meters away. A PFC [Private First Class] Constable Pe...
October 17, 1970
Landed from the Bicol Peninsula at 2:05 PM after visiting Virac, Catanduanes (Barrio Cabugao and San Vicente), where we landed by Fokker, then by PNB [Philippine National Bank] King Air to Legaspi which has a cemented runway of 1,060 meters (36 meters wide) and Imelda...
October 16, 1970
The Huk Supremo, Pedro Taruc, alias Commander Boyong was killed while resisting arrest by a penetration agent at Tibagin, Angeles City at 1400 hours in intelligence operations of the 10th BCT [Battalion Combat Team] of the 1st Inf. Division and with the 20th BCT...
October 15, 1970
Typhoon “Sening” was as violent as we feared it would be. I have declared all of the Bicol (Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Albay, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte) and the two Southern Tagalog provinces of Quezon and Marinduque. But the airfield in Legaspi is still...
October 14, 1970
The center of the typhoon (Sening) has just passed Manila with maximum and gusty winds of 150 kms. an hour. It hit Manila and environs at about 0500 hrs. It is now in Bataan and Zambales. No report of damage yet but there is no accompanying rain and no flood. Must...
October 13, 1970
Typhoon Signal No. 3 is up in Manila. It is due to hit the city at 0200 Hrs. Originally expected this afternoon, the typhoon has slowed down and the original winds at the center of 220 miles an hour have slowed down to 110 miles an hour. The typhoon (called “Sening”)...
October 12, 1970
Worked out the support for DBP [Development Bank of the Philippines] by both government and the Central Bank. DBP needs about P500 million up to June 1971. Right now the National Treasury is buttressing it. This cannot go on. Leo[nides] Virata has a plan that requires...