We have one of the worst floods in years. Almost all of Western Luzon is under water. While Typhoon Gloring is leaving to the NE (1,500 kms. away) and merely skirted the Philippines sucking in the SW monsoon causing the precipitation, there is a new typhoon (Phyllis...
Marcos Diaries
July 18, 1972
San Miguel has been washed away. Even the children are marooned at Gov. [Benjamin] Romualdez’s house. Lt. de Leon reports that the troops in Diguyo have found a field switchboard and twelve field telephones. The NPA’s [New People’s Army] certainly have been training...
July 17, 1972
The SND [Secretary of National Defense], Chief of Staff and the Chief of all general services reviewed with me the plans for Isabela. I directed that Gen. [Tranquilino] Paranis must be brought down to the lowlands to block the movement of the fleeing NPA’s [New...
July 16, 1972
Bongbong arrived from London at five minutes to eight tonight by PAL [Philippine Airlines] with Lord Headfort [Thomas Taylour, 6th Marquess of Headfort] of Ireland, the prospective husband of Nena [Virginia] Nable and a rich member of the House of Lords of England...
July 15, 1972
Met the mayors of Ilocos Norte with governor, congressman, treasurer and auditor. Distributed about P8 million of their share of the excess income tax which I have asked the BIR [Bureau of Internal Revenue] to allocate. Will do the same for the other provinces. Before...
July 14, 1972
In the Palanan-Diguyo operations, the troops have taken the second camp where more guns (about 476 M-14, 503 boxes of ammo). 7.62 with 300 rds per box, 18 boxes of magazines for M-14 at 50 per box, 1 rocket launcher, 94 boxes of rocket launcher ammo at 6 rds per box,...
July 13, 1972
I directed more troops into Diguyo since the estimate of enemy strength is 500 men: 100 NE Diguyo under Comdr. Dencio (Victor Corpus) another 100 N Diguyo and 300 coming from direction of Ilagan. So at equivalent strength government troops should be 500. At the...
July 12, 1972
1st MIG and Gen. [Tranquilino] Paranis report that witnesses now in the custody of the military testify to the fact that it took two days for them (some were forced to act as cargadores) unload the Karagatan; the estimated number of firearms—3,500, the ammo filled up...
July 11, 1972
The four teams of the 4th IB [Infantry Battalion] led by Lt. Santos captured 100 M-14 rifles and 30 boxes of ammunition (7.62) as of 1840 today. I suspect that the insurgents were able to carry out anywhere from 200 to 400 rifles and 20,000 rounds of ammunition...
July 10, 1972
The reaction time of the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] to the situation in Diguyo Bay was too long. Troops and communication were not too ready nor was air transport. The Air Force and Navy have bombarded the installations of the NPA [New People’s Army] now...