Official Gazette for March 11, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has promulgated Presidential Decree No. 146 upgrading the quality of education in the Philippines by requiring all high school graduates seeking admission to post-secondary degree programs necessitating a minimum of...
1973
March 10, 1973
Official Gazette for March 10, 1973: MALACAÑANG announced that the President has signed Presidential Decree 145, amending “The Local Autonomy Act” in order to insure the sound and lawful exercise, of the local taxing power Presidential Decree 145 amends the...
March 9, 1973
Official Gazette for March 9, 1973: THE PRESIDENT welcomed the plan of the Bank of America to expand its investments in the Philippines and assured an official of the bank who called on him that the policy of attracting foreign investments to the Philippines will...
March 8, 1973
I attach the report on the Mindanao military situation of the CSAFP [Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines] and SND [Secretary of National Defense]. The Lake Seit military camp in Jolo is still under attack but our troops are unconcerned. We have...
March 7, 1973
The counter attacks have been successful in Cotabato. I attach the self-explanatory reports. The PC [Philippine Constabulary] organization ties it down to garrison duty. It has the most number of men in the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] but the least capable...
March 6, 1973
Official Gazette for March 6, 1973: THE PRESIDENT received the letters of credence of Ambassador Olaf Tellefsen as the new non-resident ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Norway to the Philippines. Following the presentation ceremonies, the President...
March 5, 1973
We have just come from Clark Air Force Base where we went to meet the Filipino Prisoners of War (106 of them) at 6:00 PM leaving by Fokker (Imelda in the Central Bank King Air). Only the Filipinos were received directly by their families—and emotionally. We have sent...
March 4, 1973
1:00 PM Mar. 5th The situation in Cotabato has deteriorated. Confirmed is the wiping out of the 21-man detachment of Lt. [Calindada?] at Maganoy, the presence of 15 Malaysian officers as advisers, foreign guns and foreign-trained troops in the province landing in...
March 3, 1973
What we feared has happened. There has been o general attack on all AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] detachments in Cotabato as of yesterday. Lebak is under attack by about 500 Muslims being reinforced from Basilan and Zamboanga. We have only 80 officers and men...
March 2, 1973
With the country and people moving forward steadily, investments coming in, confidence reinstated, people hopeful and achieving, there is pride for our Republic and notion. Official Gazette for March 2, 1973: THE PRESIDENT received the officials of two foreign oil...