10:50 PM on board Official Gazette for My 20, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has issued Proclamation No. 1140 authorizing the Boy Scouts of the Philippines to conduct its annual fund campaign from July 1 to December 31. The Proclamation dated May 10, called on all citizens to...
Marcos Diaries
May 19, 1973
10:20 PM on board the Maria Luisa II, bottom fishing My jawbone from which they took some pieces during the operation last Wednesday night still aching whenever I eat or brush my teeth. Read last night to early morning. Started fishing after five in the morning off...
May 17, 1973
1:40 PM after lunch while waiting for Imelda to finish lunch. Commander Pusa (True name—Benjamin Sanguyo) surrendered formally to me in Rizal on the way to Pasig, this morning at about 11:00 Am. He was supposed to surrender some time ago in Tarlac but many obstacles...
May 16, 1973
9:00 PM Veterans Memorial Hospital while waiting to be operated on for my lower right incisor tooth abscess Slept late, worked on Rice supply and Tourism and Foreign Policy. At 12:00 AM [sic] I witnessed the demonstration by Juan Blanche and Virgilio ______ of faith...
May 15, 1973
Official Gazette for May 15, 1973: THE PRESIDENT cited the country’s massive housing buildup and fishery development as areas where a non-profit Danish agency, which offered financial and technical assistance, may participate. The Chief Executive termed the...
May 14, 1973
Written 9:20 AM Tuesday Official Gazette for May 14, 1973: THE PRESIDENT informed some 68 German visitors that European tourists are coming to the Philippines in big groups now that the country has secured stability. Welcoming the German tourists during a courtesy...
May 13, 1973
6:55 PM as the 777 is coming in to Dock at Pier 15, Manila Saw Mariveles Mountains crowned with mist and the Cross at Mt. Samat on fire from the golden sun behind it at 6:10 PM. Woke up at Talaga at 3:15 AM as I had gone to sleep at 10:00 PM last night. So I went...
May 12, 1973
9:50 PM Talaga Bay Beach House Official Gazette for May 12, 1973: EDUCATION POLICY of the Government is oriented to the goals of technology but anchored on the principle of liberal education. The President spelled out this educational policy in a speech he delivered...
May 11, 1973
Official Gazette for May 11, 1973: THE PRESIDENT created a Media Advisory Council to replace the Mass Media Council in an effort to impose self-regulation and internal discipline within the ranks of the country’s mass media. In amending Section 3 of Presidential...
May 10, 1973
Dinner after golf and swimming with Amb. Loyd Hand. He feels only some spectacular event can save Pres. [Richard] Nixon from the Watergate case. I believe the U.S. Press has just about set back the American nation in prestige and credibility they may not be able to...