This is the turning point. The congressional opening and State of the Nation address ceremonies were peaceful. And the whole nation heaved a sigh of relief. For many had left for the provinces and for abroad to avoid the imagined dangers of a revolution. Chino...

I write this at 10:45 PM on Jan. 25, 1971 I could not write my diary last night as we were occupied by the State of the Nation address und the developments of the evening. Mayor Antonio Villegas, after meeting with the KM [Kabataang Makabayan], decided to remove the...

I have finished the last draft of my State of the Nation address of about 113 printed or typewritten pages. But as usual the reading copy will be about 15 pages long for a 30-minute delivery. The bombing of Esso and Caltex buildings were headlined in the morning...

While everybody has been saying that the demonstration on Monday, Jan. 25th would be peaceful, tonight the Esso building at Marques de Comillas was completely burned and one man inside killed (after an explosion), the Caltex building at Roxas boulevard was damaged...

“'Go after the communists and their cells in all areas of activity. There must be no abuse of power. We must show restraint and responsibility. We must allow the functions of government to function normally under military supervision. The operations must be swift and...

Imee and Irene have been permitted to stay in the palace under a tutor doing their homework and taking the exams of Assumption College but not attending classes there because of the threat of kidnapping against them. Imelda and I talked to Father Dominic about the...

This is a strange situation we are facing. The radicals who wish to overthrow government are allied with the oligarchies who want to preserve their privileges. This is confirmed by Atty. Lupiño Lazaro who narrated how the radicals, Eric Baculinao, Crispin Aranda,...

We have decided to call a demonstration of our own to take over the space at the Congress on the 25th when the leftist radicals intend to cause trouble. We hope to place 100,000 people to displace the trouble makers and thus avoid violence. Official Gazette for...

Meralco [Manila Electric Company], thru Emilio Abello, issued yesterday a statement claiming the President was wasting his time on insignificant matters apparently referring to my fight on the oligarchy. The labor groups united into a common front with Bert [Roberto]...

I met with all the leaders of organized labor with 27 federation heads present. They committed themselves to the unrelenting fight against the oligarchs, the freezing of regular gasoline prices even if premium gas is increased, the lowering of Meralco [Manila Electric...