The [Gil] Puyat ouster move. Sec. Constancio Castañeda and Sen. Leonardo Perez sent by Puyat. Called [Ambrosio] Padilla, Magnolia [Antonino], [Wenceslao] Lagumbay by telephone. Official Gazette for April 15, 1971: AFTER AN early morning stint at his desk disposing of...
Marcos Diaries
April 14, 1971
Imee and Irene left for Hongkong by Cathay Pacific and then to Rome by Quantas; from Rome to London next Sunday by Alitalia. Imelda cried a little but the children were dry-eyed although long faced. Irene goes to St. Leonard School at Hastings while Imee goes to...
Apri1 13, 1971
Just finished the dinner that we gave for Gen. [Abdul Haris] and Mrs. [Johanna] Nasution at the State Dining Room. In the toast I referred to him as youth leader in 1945 in Bandung, revolutionary leader, former Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense, author of the...
Apri1 12, 1971
Official Gazette for April 12, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS had two major conferences, one on vital legislation and the other on the rehabilitation and relocation of the fire victims in Tondo. In between these meetings, the Present received several callers and worked on...
April 11, 1971
Official Gazette for April 11, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS resumed his regular schedule of activities, paced by his inauguration of the first two units of bunker-type houses constructed by the National Housing Corporation (NHC) at the customs area in North Bay Boulevard...
April 10, 1971
Imelda and I have finalized the plans for the Tondo rehabilitation. Tomorrow we hear mass at the public mass to be celebrated by our chaplain; Father Bautista then inaugurate the first two buildings of the temporary houses on the Customs land across the street from...
April 9, 1971
The planned attack by the NPA [New People’s Army] against the Tarlac Prov. [Provincial] PC [Philippine Constabulary] Hdq., Candaba, Arayat and La Paz Municipal Halls did not come off as expected. But the 1st PC Zone is still on red alert. We celebrated or remembered...
April 8, 1971
This is the first time the family spends Holy Week in Manila and during my presidency in Malacañang. And we are close to each other staying with Imee. Yesterday when Dr. Piamonte removed the bandages off Imee’s face, I was alarmed at her swollen face. The eyes are...
April 7, 1971
I met with the agencies on the Tondo housing as the newspaper report the alleged opposition of the Tondo fire victims to the housing program although they also predict violence in the choice of fire victims for settlement on the temporary housing project we are...
April 6, 1971
Docked at Gaang [Currimao, Ilocos Norte] at about 5:10 AM although we were at the entrance to the port earlier we could not go in as it was dark and it has two channels of entrance which have to be negotiated skillfully. Then I sent Bongbong with Mayor Irineo Rubio of...