The new Indonesian ambassador, formerly the Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd Military Command that covers Kalimantan, presented his credentials today.
Worked on tourism as the World Bank Director Glasser, his assistant Prikl and ADB [Asian Development Bank] Director.
They have just come from Indonesia where the World Bank is spending more than $30 million for the development of Bali
We have been working on the everyone whether for or against the administration, to participate in the referendum. So I have been meeting with the ex-congressmen, governors, city
Official Gazette for July 17, 1973: THE PRESIDENT created the Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission to provide the veterans and their dependents with employment, medical care, education and related services. The commission provided for in Presidential Decree No. 244 shall be provided with an initial P500,000 fund by the Government, and thereafter shall actively solicit contributions of money or other valuable properties from private or government sources, to be invested in interest-bearing securities, the income from which shall finance services for veterans and dependents.
THE PHILIPPINES has been allotted a quota of $6 million for importation of various commodities by Neckermann Versand Ltd., the largest mail order house in West Germany and one of the world’s biggest outfits of its kind. Secretary of Trade Troadio T. Quiazon Jr. said the $6 million allocation for the Philippines this year would be for the importation of garments, shoes, handbags, household items, wood products, decorative items, electronics and electricals, leather, tires and travel goods and beach items including motor boats (speedboats made of fiber glasses).
BUREAU of Customs announced that all its resources will be harnessed to reach the P3-billion collections target this year. Customs Commissioner Rolando G. Geotina said the collection machinery including the needed manpower have been lined-up for the project. He however warned that anyone who cannot prove equal to the task ahead will have to be laid aside in favor of willing and able-bodied men. The customs chief made the statement before participants of the 4th seminar on the new Tariff and Customs Code where he appealed for maximum effort and greater dedication among customs men. He pointed out that Bureau of Customs under Martial Law was one of the main targets of the reform movement in the government service.
JOINT-VENTURE agreement between a South American company’s subsidiary and New Frontier Mines, Inc., for the exportation and development of the Philippine firm’s nickle properties in Isabela was announced. The agreement was described as a major breakthrough in the Government’s policy of attracting foreign investments. An estimated $80 million in new capital is expected to enter the country as a result of the agreement. Mr. Andres Raczynski, mining managing director of the Hochschild Group Incorporated in Panama with headquarters in Buenos Aires, joined New Frontier officials in a meeting with the President recently. Mr. David P. Cruz, president, led the New Frontier officials. In the meeting, the President reiterated his support to such projects as the nickle development of New Frontier since this will, he said, support the administration’s thrust towards speedy and full economic development for the country.
NATIONAL Science Development Board announced that coconut trunks which show promise as a substitute for electric and transmission poles are also excellent materials for the manufacture of particleboards. This was reported by Commissioner Francisco Tamolang of the Forest Products Research and Industries Development, an agency of the NSDB, in connection with the search for raw materials, other than wood, for the production of particleboards. The utilization of coconut trunks would give the coconut planter additional income and would alleviate the problem of lack of supply of wood-based panels for construction purposes.
mayors and other political leaders.
The referendum should be the cut-off date of the period of stabilization. We can then formally move into the period of development.