1973

April 21, 1973

12:00 PM On board the 777 on a party for Evelin Rothschild after which we sleep on board to wake up in Lumbones and then to Talaga Official Gazette for April 21, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has formulated plans to revitalize the country’s tobacco and coconut industries in a...

April 20, 1973

While keeping to the Mansion I worked on: Official Gazette for April 20, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has directed the immediate implementation of a provision in the new Constitution requiring educational institutions to be solely owned by Philippine citizens or...

April 19, 1973

Official Gazette for April 19, 1973: REVAMP OF THE GOVERNMENT, along the lines of the parliamentary concept, will be pushed through by the next fiscal year through the adoption of “staffing patterns.” The stalling patterns, approved by the Cabinet during its last...

April 18, 1973

Written in Baguio Mansion Official Gazette for April 18, 1973: THE PRESIDENT said he may issue a presidential decree providing for the creation of new departments under the Government’s reorgan­ization plan to ease the functions of oversized governmental entities....

April 17, 1973

1:00 AM April 18th Official Gazette for April 17, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has promulgated Presidential Decree No. 175, granting cooperatives the rights and privileges enjoyed by business organizations, including the operation of enterprises and rural banks. The decree...

April 16, 1973

8:15 PM After dinner and meditation on board the 777 at Talaga Bay While meditations and prayers seem routine and a poor concession to religion or the church I find them conducive to the humility that gives a new—ever new—perspective. For my part while in everyday...

April 15, 1973

Woke up at 9:00 AM. Went skiing in the bay next to Talaga which had many _____ and was rough. Returned at 1:30 PM. Mass, Lunch, Rest and Meditation at 3:30 PM. Visited the beach house at 5:00 PM. Official Gazette for April 15, 1973: THE PRESIDENT was informed by a...

April 14, 1973

 Official Gazette for April 14, 1973: THE PRESIDENT said the Government will soon embark on the pioneer production of small aircrafts to compliment the program to modernize strategically-situated airports in various points of the country. The President spelled this...

April 13, 1973

Official Gazette for April 13, 1973: THE PRESIDENT assured the country’s inventors of a “new deal” that will extend them organizational and financial assistance—from both the government and the private sector—in the production and marketing of their worthwhile...

April 12, 1973

Official Gazette for April 12, 1973: THE PRESIDENT ordered the drafting of a final government stand regarding a tax policy on private educational institutions in consonance with an amendment in the new Constitution that deleted tax exemptions on real property used for...