12:55 AM July 17, 1970
as I could not write at all
since I was in bed from 7:00 PM
till morning of the 16th
Worked hard today. In addition to my regular schedule, met in a luncheon-caucus with the congressmen. Asked for unity and alertness. But they cried appointments and public works.
But did not take much lunch and was finished at 3:30 PM when I had my anti-sensitivity shots from Dr. Cua Lim. After durian, a short nap at 4:00 PM. When I woke up at 5:00 PM I was feeling dizzy from vertigo. I thought jogging would help as it would increase the blood flow in my inner ear. I jogged for about 15 minutes. I could barely take a shower and meet [Felipe] Baby Ysmael. After a few minutes, at 7:00 PM, I had to excuse myself as I was about to vomit on his face.
I was relieved by vomiting a little but I was reeling around losing balance so I knew that it was my vertigo again. Imelda arrived at about this time and dragged me to bed. This was the worst bout with vertigo I have had yet. Any sudden movement of the head caused a spell of dizziness. Even bonamine and cerc did not help. I vomited this at 7:00 although I was feeling the drowsy reaction of it as I took the pills at about 6:15 PM.
Stayed in bed although Bongbong fed me some soft Kobe steak he cooked with sak[e] and sugar.
Official Gazette for July 15, 1970: President Marcos held three conferences which he fitted into his day’s schedule, while also coping with his usual heavy paper work.
Topped by a three-hour caucus with NP members of Congress, the other meetings had to do with the move by the gasoline dealers to close shop as protest against the oil companies’ high prices; and with the petitions of a new group of government employees seeking greater representation in governmental activities. In the NP caucus, the President discussed the legislative program of the administration, urging specially a more ‘aggressive NP effort to pass pending urgent bills.
Also present at this meeting were members of the Cabinet. Among the prominent NPs attending were Speaker Jose B. Laurel, Jr., Speaker Protempore Jose Aldeguer and House Majority Floorleader Marcelino Veloso.
Earlier the President received a delegation representing gasoline dealers in Greater Manila, led by Col. Emiliano Ozaeta. The President prevailed upon the dealers to continue operations while he threshed out their differences with the oil companies. Secretary of Commerce and Industry Ernesto Maceda accompanied the group. The employees’ group was led by Romeo Roy, president of the newly organized Philippine Alliance of Government Employees. The delegation sought representation in the GSIS and the SSS boards, while also proposing a 35 percent across-the-board pay increase for civil servants. The President said that he will study their proposals.
After the caucus with the NP congressmen, which ended at about 3 p.m., the President rested briefly, then went back to his study to work on state papers. He remained at his desk through the afternoon and evening.