as last night I was busy with Imelda’s problems Went to Wack-Wack—practiced and returned at 11:30 AM to discover Imelda still asleep. Mass at 12:30, lunch with the family. Nap at 2:00 PM. Woke up at 4:00 and held conference at 4:45 after exercising in our bedroom....
Marcos Diaries
June 19, 1970
Am writing this on the 20th as I was too busy on the legislative program for the special session. Saw Imelda off for Japan. We were at the airport at 7:30 AM. The plane was supposed to take off at 8:15 but [Leandro] Lindy and Cecille Locsin were late so it took off at...
June 18, 1970
4 yr. Agricultural Dev. [Development] Plan. Round Table Conference in December. MALACAÑANG
June 17, 1970
Minimum Wage Act signed before the National Labor Unity Committee celebration of the 17th Anniversary of the Magna Carta of Labor at Winston Garden. MALACAÑANG
May 9, 1970 as I had Malacañang
a conference until 12:30 AM Exercised hard (as usual 17 minutes of fast jogging, 50 sit-ups for the abdominal muscles, bicep fast free hand curl 100-200 times, 50 times knee-bends, push-ups between two chairs, 20 times, leg-split on my back 40 times, fast, pectoralis...
April 7, 1970
Tuesday I write this also at 11:30 PM at Dole Phil. in [Geronimo] Ronnie Velasco’s cottage. Lazy day. Woke up at 9:00 AM. Golf at 10:00 to 12:00 AM. Lunch at 12:45 and then we heard the news of the earthquake. Intensity 7 at Manila, 5 in Laoag and Legaspi, 4 at...
April 24, 1970
Malacañang Gen. [Charles] Lindbergh is here on the conservation of marine life. His son Jon Lindbergh is head of the U.S. Agency on Oceanography. With him is Theodore Pryor, head of the Foundation on Oceanography. Met them at 9:30 AM then attended the lunch for them...
April 6, 1970
Monday Am writing this at 11:20 PM, April 7th, as we have been rather busy. Overnight from Surigao, Surigao which we left at about 8:00 PM to arrive at Cagayan de Oro at about 8:00 AM on the 6th. Inaugurated the only two-kilometer cemented airfield in Mindanao. Laoag...
April 4, 1970
Saturday Actually, I write this on April 5 at 9:00 AM off the coast of Surigao, Surigao on board the President 777 while we are waiting for the people to assemble at the wharf for the reception. I slept without writing my daily notes as I was fatigued. I had not slept...
April 5, 1970
Sunday Surigao, Surigao Regionalization of Malacañang—a happy people. Rich in spirit if not in worldly goods. Like coming out of a deep dive in skin diving—to come to the provinces. Surigao—the numeralized and progressive province. While in Manila—strikes, threat of...