Official Gazette for December 11, 1972: THOUSANDS OF people from all walks of life all over the country attended weekend Thanksgiving Masses for the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, following her discharge from the hospital where she had been treated of arm wounds...
1972
December 10, 1972
We are back at the palace. We arrived at about 9:20 PM. Imelda has been up since this morning when Imee arrived by PAL [Philippine Airlines] at 7:20 AM and was at the Makati Medical Center at 8:10 AM. Dr. Bob Chase said not to baby her hands and Imelda has moved...
December 9, 1972
Dr. Bob Chase of Stanford University Hospital arrived at about 5:30 AM and came to see Imelda at 10:00 AM. He gave her a clean bill of expectations. She passed the neurology test with flying colors. Her nerves and tendons are working. Pres. [Richard] Nixon’s office...
December 7, 1972
Written at 5:30 PM Dec. 8, 1972 at the Makati Official Gazette for December 7, 1972: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT on the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, was made at the Nayong Pilipino in Pasay City during the award ceremonies of the National Beautification and...
December 6, 1972
Official Gazette for December 6, 1972: THE HOUSE OF Representatives laid, down the organizational framework for its participation in the national campaign for the ratification of the proposed Constitution. Speaker Cornelio T. Villareal convoked a bipartisan caucus of...
December 5, 1972
2:00 AM Dec. 6th 10:00 AM—Ambassador [Toshio] Urabe Reparations acceleration Project and Commodity Loan Rice Treaty of Amity and Navigation 11:00 AM—Sec. [David] Consunji—Dept. of Public Works Organization Gen. Manager [Gilberto] Bert Teodoro—Housing. 11:30 AM—Gen....
December 4, 1972
The Spanish Ambassador brought the letter of Generalissimo [Francisco] Franco asking the retention of Spanish as one of the official languages in the Philippines. Official Gazette for December 4, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS said that “the New Society will be built by a...
December 3, 1972
Ordered the preparation of an order reestablishing the Sulu-Sabah trade P5,000 per trip or monthly for each duly registered trader whichever is lower and for each trader to check out and in with the established checkpoints. And the completion of the three...
December 2, 1972
Euphoria is the state everybody is in because of the impact of the call for free debate, release of the media men, Concon [Constitutional Convention] delegates and the call to a plebiscite. So it is like fiesta time. But I run watchful because of the sudden...
December 1, 1972
Official Gazette for December 1, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS issued a decree calling a plebiscite on January 15, 1973 for the ratification or rejection of the proposed new Constitution and appropriating P15 million to carry out the purposes of the decree. The proposed...