1973

June 19, 1973

Official Gazette for June 19, 1973: THE PRESIDENT urged the country’s war veterans to form themselves into working units to undertake development projects, specially on rural level. The Chief Executive, in a speech read for him by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen....

June 17, 1973

12:30 PM June 18, 1973 Official Gazette for June 17, 1973: THE PRESIDENT granted amnesty to persons who had failed to file income tax returns. The President issued Presidential Decree No. 213 which noted that the number of income tax fliers for the calendar year 1972...

June 16, 1973

7:00 PM As I wait to go to the Cultural Center for the recital of Van Cliburn. I have decided to demand that the United States help in the strengthening of our defenses on the basis of our five-year self-reliance program. This would be in lieu of the demands that the...

June 14, 1973

4:00 PM On board the 777 going back to June 15, 1973 Official Gazette for June 14, 1973: THE PRESIDENT issued a decree intended to prevent the further destruction of the Ambuldao and Binga watersheds and to implement a massive tree-planting program in the area....

June 11, 12, 13, 1973

11:45 PM June 13th Official Gazette for June 11, 1973: MUSLIM WORLD League delegation which has just returned to Manila from a fact-finding mission in Mindanao said they were very much impressed by the progress in the island’s development. The visiting Muslim leaders...

June 10, 1973

Returned from Talaga Bay at 6:00 PM. Fished up to 9:00 AM from 5:00 AM. Then waterskied up to 2:00 PM. On the way back to Manila passed by Mariveles. Pilas (the low portion of the hills of Cochinas Point is a protection from the Southwest wind. So it could be used...

June 9, 1973

Spent the morning slaloming with the balls marking the slalom course at Looc Cove. It started to get windy at 10:00 AM. Official Gazette for June 9, 1973: THE PRESIDENT issued Presidential Decree No. 207 ratifying the United Nations 1968 conventions in Vienna on road...

June 8, 1973

Official Gazette for June 8, 1973: THE PRESIDENT said the country’s development efforts are geared toward evolving a balanced agro-industrial economic system wherein each citizen must harness his full productive potentials for national welfare. In a speech keynoting...

June 6, 1973

12:00 PM After the dinner for Admiral and Mrs. Noel Gayler June 7, 1973 No Official Gazette entry for this day. Official Gazette for June 7, 1973: DEPARTMENT of Finance need not review a local tax ordinance which, due to its oppressive or confiscatory nature, has-been...

June 5, 1973

Official Gazette for June 5, 1973: THE GOVERNMENT’S efforts to develop Manila as another trade hub of international firms in Southeast Asia are being complemented by findings of United States and United Kingdom newspapers showing it as one of the least expensive...