Written at 2:00 AM Official Gazette for May 24, 1973: THE PRESIDENT ordered a P10 million fund release to accelerate the development and improvement of at least eight major airports in the country. The fund release will cover expenses in the completion of terminal...
1973
May 23, 1973
Official Gazette for May 23, 1973: THE PRESIDENT ordered an immediate inquiry on a metropolitan Manila-wide traffic experiment which has been the subject of complaints from pedestrians and commuter, particularly the jeepney-riding public, for the last few days. The...
May 22, 1973
Imee left at 6:00 PM for London via KLM [Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij – Royal Dutch Airlines] so she can stay with her brother and sister who will be out for a week’s holiday (21st-29th) mid-term vacation. So Imelda and I are alone in the palace again. Official...
May 21, 1973
Official Gazette for May 21, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has ordered the funneling of vast financial resources to the Masagana 99 rice production program which he termed as a decisive factor in the country’s constitutional revolution. In officially launching the nationwide...
May 20, 1973
10:50 PM on board Official Gazette for My 20, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has issued Proclamation No. 1140 authorizing the Boy Scouts of the Philippines to conduct its annual fund campaign from July 1 to December 31. The Proclamation dated May 10, called on all citizens to...
May 19, 1973
10:20 PM on board the Maria Luisa II, bottom fishing My jawbone from which they took some pieces during the operation last Wednesday night still aching whenever I eat or brush my teeth. Read last night to early morning. Started fishing after five in the morning off...
May 17, 1973
1:40 PM after lunch while waiting for Imelda to finish lunch. Commander Pusa (True name—Benjamin Sanguyo) surrendered formally to me in Rizal on the way to Pasig, this morning at about 11:00 Am. He was supposed to surrender some time ago in Tarlac but many obstacles...
May 16, 1973
9:00 PM Veterans Memorial Hospital while waiting to be operated on for my lower right incisor tooth abscess Slept late, worked on Rice supply and Tourism and Foreign Policy. At 12:00 AM [sic] I witnessed the demonstration by Juan Blanche and Virgilio ______ of faith...
May 15, 1973
Official Gazette for May 15, 1973: THE PRESIDENT cited the country’s massive housing buildup and fishery development as areas where a non-profit Danish agency, which offered financial and technical assistance, may participate. The Chief Executive termed the...
May 14, 1973
Written 9:20 AM Tuesday Official Gazette for May 14, 1973: THE PRESIDENT informed some 68 German visitors that European tourists are coming to the Philippines in big groups now that the country has secured stability. Welcoming the German tourists during a courtesy...