I have ordered the investigation of both LA [Land Authority] Gov. [Conrado] Estrella and Dep. Gov. [Benicio] Eusebio on alleged purchase by the son of the former of LA lands in San Pedro Tunasan and by the latter through a corporation of which he is a shareholder....
Marcos Diaries
March 15, 1970
Imelda feels calamity has befallen us because she cannot control Bongbong who does nothing but play with his friends to the prejudice of his schooling. He has lost his star, missed two days homework and stayed up tonight with his two friends Serafin and Noel fooling...
March 14, 1970
Am a little miserable from the extraction of my upper right wisdom tooth, decayed from the repair work after the war from the beatings I got in Fort Santiago. That is the 3rd tooth that goes in a week. And my upper left bicuspid that was apparently root-canaled many...
March 13, 1970
The Open Skies has been implemented with our giving through CAB [Civil Aeronautics Board] two frequencies to PAN AM and two to Northwest one of which is through Tokyo to the U.S. [Benigno] Benny Toda [Jr.] is going through hysterics in seeking to stop these grants but...
March 12, 1970
Doroy [Teodoro Valencia] suggests that I talk to Chino [Joaquin] Roces and get him to come around to seeing our side. But we have tried this before. Official Gazette for March 12, 1970: President Marcos for the most part was involved with his usual heavy deskwork...
March 11, 1970
Gen. [Felizardo] Tanabe has reported that a liquidation squad of three were sent to Manila Monday evening headed by a certain Ben Mallari, not the Ben Mallari ambushed with Max Llorente but one from Candaba, Pampanga. Commander Madrigal confirmed it to our asset at...
March 10, 1970
Met with the Congressional leaders and decided to approve a conventional price control bill and to allow importations of essentials by government. We will replace the Monetary Board Resolution 289 with an export tax of 15% for the raw exports and 10 percent for the...
March 9, 1970
The first case of subversion under R[epublic] A[ct] 1700 has been filed against Leoncio Co caught in Talaga, Capas, Tarlac in a raid of the military. He is the former Sec. Gen. of the Kabataaang Makabayan against whom former Huks have testified that he is one of the...
March 8, 1970
What worries me most now is [are] the prices and the apparent scarcity of essentials. We set aside $2 million monthly for essentials beginning January, and this was at the old rate. And yet there seems to be scarcity. I have asked Sec. Leo[nides] Virata to get...
March 7, 1970
Official Gazette for March 7, 1970: President Marcos devoted his time, as is usual for him on weekends, to his desk work during which he received no callers except for government officials and close aides whom he expressly called for consultation. About noon, he broke...