Official Gazette for January 24, 1973: STRONG LEADERSHIP was exercised by President Marcos when he imposed Martial Law because it was his duty to save the old society from its festering diseases and lead the nation on the road to health and progress for future...
Marcos Diaries
January 23, 1973
Written at 12:00 PM Jan. 24th as I stayed Up to 2:30 AM with Justices [Antonio] Barredo, [Felix] Makasiar, [Felix] Antonio and [Salvador] Esguerra, Secs. [Juan] Ponce Enrile and [Vicente] Abad Santos and Sol. Gen. Official Gazette for January 23, 1973: PRESIDENT...
January 22, 1973
Official Gazette for January 22, 1973: PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT Marcos of the ratification of the new Constitution has been welcomed by local governments to continue their role as effective partner of the national government in working for the people’s welfare. This...
January 21, 1973
A day of outing on the Ang Pangulo at Limbones Cave with the World Bank team with Mr. Chitham, the team of Dr. Gustav Ranis on the Comprehensive Employment Survey and the Japanese Team on the Project and Commodity Loan of $75 million. Slept at the boat last night at...
January 18, 1973
Official Gazette for January 18, 1973: PRESIDENT MARCOS issued the following statement on the ratification of the new Constitution: “The ratification of our new Constitution marks the end of an old era and its old ways; it marks as well the beginning of a future,...
January 17, 1973
Official Gazette for January 17, 1973: PRESIDENT MARCOS, complying with the will of the people as expressed in the January 10-15 referendum through the barangays and citizens assemblies, proclaimed the new Constitution ratified and in force as of 12 noon. In...
January 16, 1973
Imelda left for the United States by PAL [Philippine Airlines] at 6:30 PM and Imee and I are left alone at the palace. This morning I spent with the governors and city mayors who insisted that the voting by the citizens assemblies (barangays) was ratification of the...
January 13, 1973
Ambassador [Henry] Byroade explained that he did not mean to intervene in the internal affairs of the Philippines like the citizens assembly or Barangay. I, in tum, told him that the citizens assembly is the best way to bring about the approval of a new constitution...
January 12, 1973
1:00 AM Jan. 13th Official Gazette for January 12, 1973: MAJORITY OF THE 53 per cent of the citizens assemblies which have completed the referendum on vital issues submitted to them have voiced overwhelming support for the way President Marcos is running the...
January 11, 1973
11:30 PM Agoo (Sta. Rita) at the house of Cong. [Jose] Aspiras as the Marches are in our beach house. I came to Agoo by CB King Air at 4:35 PM arriving at 5:15 PM at San Fernando. The Fokker 259 was just landing from Agoo. Imelda and the children brought the Marches...