I write this as I wait for Mr. Amor, President of the Council of Industrial Workers, at the San Miguel Bldg., before whom I am going to speak tonight. We are now pushing all the plans to obtain loans from the different countries including the socialist countries....
Marcos Diaries
October 25, 1970
Had lunch with Bishop [Eraño] Manalo of the Iglesia ni Cristo. He is greatly concerned by the candidacies of [Raul] Manglapus and CSM (Christian Socialist Movement) in the 1st District of Rizal and Father Pacifico Ortiz in the second district. The first is leading the...
October 24, 1970
My right ankle is bothering me again. Have taken a colbenemid and butazolidin. Started paining me this morning at golf. Met the capitanes del barrio of Pampanga, mayors and BSDU’s [Barrio Self-Defense Units] brought by Gov. [Francisco] Nepomuceno. The most surprising...
October 23, 1970
Golf with Bobby [Roberto Benedicto] and Angel Limjoco up to 9:00 AM. Imelda and I attended the necrological services of the House for Floring [Floro Crisologo]. Sec. of Justice [Vicente] Abad Santos brought a copy of the answer of Judge [Alejandro] Sebastian who had...
October 22, 1970
The Khro [Khi-Ro Movement] headed by Manny Areola have taken over the office of Secretary of Justice Vicente Abad Santos demanding that he order a judge of Court of First Instance to withdraw an injunction issued ex-parte against some squatters which was violated by...
October 21, 1970
Just came in from the 5th Anniversary of Let’s Talk Business. I spoke of the economic situation now and what to expect in the coming years. After golf met with Greg[orio] Licaros on borrowing abroad. We must now seriously go after loans for our industries specially...
October 20, 1970
Imelda and I went to Vigan, Ilocos Sur to pay our last farewell and visit [Floro] Floring Crisologo at his house where the widow and her children mourn. The sky was a little murky and the air and sky was a little turbulent. There was lightning in the air when we...
October 19, 1970
Official Gazette, October 19, 1970: The President conferred with various officials, received others who came for consultations, and fulfilled a speaking engagement in Tanay, Rizal, where the PHILEC plant, a landmark in local electrical industry, was inaugurated. In...
October 18, 1970
[Floro] Floring Crisologo was shot dead while kneeling down to take communion at 1640 hrs. in the cathedral at Vigan, Ilocos Sur. The killers of which there were two are still unidentified. They fired at about 4 meters away. A PFC [Private First Class] Constable Pe...
October 17, 1970
Landed from the Bicol Peninsula at 2:05 PM after visiting Virac, Catanduanes (Barrio Cabugao and San Vicente), where we landed by Fokker, then by PNB [Philippine National Bank] King Air to Legaspi which has a cemented runway of 1,060 meters (36 meters wide) and Imelda...