Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II gave me an old civil war breech-loading gun and Imelda a Steuben glass display. They were brought by Mr. and Mrs. Wills (He is the Vice President of the Ford Co.) and Mr. Foran, the local Ford executive. The Ford Co. is pulling up an...
Marcos Diaries
May 5, 1971
Delivered the inaugural speech at the Philippine Medical Convention at 10:00 AM. Arrived at Malacañan at 12:15 AM. Certified the bill rehabilitating the PNR [Philippine National Railways] in the presence of management and labor. I am slowly bringing into our political...
May 4, 1971
The political season has started Sen. [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] my erstwhile opponent for President has attacked me, my mother, and brother-in-law, Maj. Marcelino Barba, in a privilege speech in the Senate. What a waste of time for the Senate and me. For I have had to get...
May 3, 1971
As I have predicted, the media specially the newspapers, blame me and the military for the shooting incident in Congress. The Manila Times and the Manila Chronicle as usual as the most vicious. Openly they falsify the news. They do not even refer to the provocation by...
May 2, 1971
I write this at 10:00 AM May 3rd as I had a little pain in the left chest last night at 11:00 AM. I had an ECG (electrocardiograph) and other examinations which indicated normalcy, but I slept up to 5:30 AM. The events are inexhorably [sic] moving towards the use of...
May 1, 1971
Saturday Our society is getting worse and worse. The media is more than irresponsible. It is more than licentious. It is vicious. It not only distorts or slants news. It fabricates news. The owners of media not only tolerate this situation. They have brought it about....
April 30, 1971
1:00 AM Actually May 1st my wedding anniversary Finalized the plans of action in the convention with the congressional leaders. Roseller Lim, as usual, is in bad need of money. He wants to “borrow” P70,000 to publish a telephone directory. The congressional leaders...
April 29, 1971
I write this at 1:00 AM, May 1st I could not write this on the 29th as I arranged the voluminous collections of my diary. Have been meeting with the various delegates’ groups because of the feeling that the leaders do not want to move on the [Carlos] Garcia for...
April 27, 1971
I write this at the dining table where Imelda has the girls for the evening (Zita [Feliciano], Lulu [Tinio], Ely [?], Offie [Ofelia Recto]). Imelda and I have just come from [Bahay] Pangarap where we met the northern Congressmen who have their own requests as we...
April 26, 1971
Imelda is with the Vincent Rectos and I have been working on the Marcos Trust or Foundation accounts as well as the party organization in Manila with Cong. Paco Reyes. Majority leader Arturo Tolentino is too close to the Lopezes and does not want to authorize the...