Worked on prices (rice, cement and milk) the IISMI [Iligan Integrated Steel Mills Inc.] problem, DBP [Development Bank of the Philippines], imports, production and related matters Official Gazette for July 6, 1971: President Marcos had a three-hour conference with...
Marcos Diaries
July 5, 1971
I must write the history of the war. The Mt. Samat visit with the Romualdezes has again brought out the question: why has not the Dambana ng Kagitingan been brought to the attention of the younger generation. They must know our history. So we should send out some...
July 4, 1971
I write this on board the Ang Pangulo as we are entering Manila Port on July 5, 1971 As the sea was rough and the ship was pitching, rolling and yawing when I went to bed at about 12:30 PM. I could not write my diary. We left Ulot, Tolosa at 8:30 AM. The Pacific Ocean...
July 3, 1971
The mausoleum for Imelda’s lather, Don Vicente Orestes Romualdez, is at a most idyllic spot at the end of the town of Tolosa where the stream which crosses the western part of the village drains into the sea. It is lush growing with nipa and other marsh plants like an...
July 2, 1971
(Imelda’s birthday) Am feeling a little below the weather. Looks like the allergy from the injection has reoccurred. I am showing skin rashes and general malaise after the stomach upset last night. Have taken Forestal anti histamine medicine and local application of...
July 1, 1971
We have stayed up to meet the 12:00 o’clock or midnight celebration of Imelda’s birthday. I had the leading actor and actress of the Walang Sugat zarzuela now showing at the Cultural Center, Constantino Bervaldez of Dumaguete and Ruby Jose Salazar of Manila with...
June 30, 1971
Fiesta of Tacloban. Patron saint—Sto. Niño de Tacloban of many legends and stories including shipwreck and miraculous recovery. Mass at 6:00 AM. Had to wake up at 5:00 AM after sleeping at 1:00 AM. Pontifical mass at the Tacloban Plaza that lasted to close to 8:00 AM....
June 29, 1971
9:45 PM Beach House, Ulot Tolosa, Leyte Ex-Pres. [Diosdado] Macapagal has won the Presidency of the Cons. Con. [Constitutional Convention] on the first balloting this morning on a count of: Macapagal — 169 Manglapus — 120 Barrera — 18 307 The word come in...
June 28, 1971
We must find out the actual contributions to the Communist Party of the oligarchs like Iñing Lopez who has met with Commander Dante [Bernabe Buscayno] the NPA [New People’s Army] supremo thru the intercession of Rep. Ramon Mitra Jr. who was in turn introduced to Dante...
June 27, 1971
I write this on the 777 as we are shoving off. We will hug the coastline and it will probably take us 28 hours to Ormoc. The dinner held last night at the house of Bert Teodoro’s mother-in-law in Balete for the delegates of the Cons. Con. [Constitutional Convention]...