I am reviewing the Mindanao and Sulu insurgency. There has been a complete change of policy in Sulu. Now we will depend on the local executives, the mayors, to maintain peace and order with the Constabulary—not the Army and the Marines. The mayors and civil government...
Marcos Diaries
March 16, 1973
I was able to bring about a situation where the mayors of Sulu proposed that they increase their police forces by an average of 200 men per municipality with salaries of P100 a month, assume responsibility for peace and order in their jurisdictions and go out and hurt...
March 15, 1973
Official Gazette for March 15, 1973: THE PRESIDENT assured the people engaged in local oil exploration ventures of extraordinary and more than usual protection and support from the government. He made the assurance after inducting the officers of the Petroleum...
March 14, 1973
Official Gazette for March 14, 1973: THE PRESIDENT and the respective managements of the country’s three airline companies agreed that in the interest of the public and for the security of the country, only one airline should operate the international and domestic...
March 13, 1973
There are fresh attacks in other parts of Mindanao like Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur and Sulu. But the garrisons have been able to repel them. We must concentrate on Cotabato where it was quiet as the armor (2 tanks, four APC’s [armored personnel carriers]) and...
March 12, 1973
Yesterday, the 11th, the critical period in Cotabato was passed. With only two companies of less than 200 officers and men, our troops, supported on the air and with only two 106’s Recoil-less and four 81 mm mortars opened the bridge at [Siniuay?] against an enemy of...
March 11, 1973
Official Gazette for March 11, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has promulgated Presidential Decree No. 146 upgrading the quality of education in the Philippines by requiring all high school graduates seeking admission to post-secondary degree programs necessitating a minimum of...
March 10, 1973
Official Gazette for March 10, 1973: MALACAÑANG announced that the President has signed Presidential Decree 145, amending “The Local Autonomy Act” in order to insure the sound and lawful exercise, of the local taxing power Presidential Decree 145 amends the...
March 9, 1973
Official Gazette for March 9, 1973: THE PRESIDENT welcomed the plan of the Bank of America to expand its investments in the Philippines and assured an official of the bank who called on him that the policy of attracting foreign investments to the Philippines will...
March 8, 1973
I attach the report on the Mindanao military situation of the CSAFP [Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines] and SND [Secretary of National Defense]. The Lake Seit military camp in Jolo is still under attack but our troops are unconcerned. We have...