Air Manila has entered into agreement with TWA for promotion and marketing, ground maintenance, management and trouble-shooting for $300,000 in three years.
This qualifies it for international flights. But it will have to acquire some carriers. It has acquired some four-engine jet prop planes for domestic and short international flights.
I have insisted upon the PDCP [Private Development Corporation of the Philippines] putting funds into the road to Sangley Point and the Greater Manila Food Terminal Market. PNB [Philippine National Bank] is lending them $15 million for relending to private corporations. We impose this as a condition for the loan.
Met the Vice President of the Asian Development Bank on the loans to the Philippines.
Official Gazette for March 10, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS did a full measure of desk work early, after which he attended to the stream of callers that began with Krishna Moorthi and Cornelio Balmaceda, vice president and alternate director, respectively, of the Asian Development Bank, who were accompanied to, Malacañang by Secretary of Finance Cesar E. A. Virata.
He discussed with the ADB officials a .number of priority development projects earmarked for assistance by the bank.
Next, the President received the delegation of school teachers from Espiritu, Ilocos Norte, headed by former Mayor Teodorico Agres, who asked the President for assistance in the construction of an administration building of Espiritu Elementary School.
Others in the delegation were: Victorino LI. Jose, principal, Espiritu Elementary School; Blesida Bumanlag, Teresa Barbers, Ofelia Dichoso and Winifred Barbers, teachers; and Alberto Dichoso, chairman of the Board of Inquiry, Bureau of Immigration.
At mid-morning, the President received Ricardo Silverio and Rodolfo Cuenca, presidents of Air Manila and Construction Development Corporation of the Philippines, respectively, who brought to Malacañang several Trans World Airlines officials.
Silverio informed the President that Air Manila has concluded an aid and assistance agreement with TWA, with the latter providing the local airline firm with aircraft, as well as technical and marketing assistance, including personnel training in the projected international operations of Air Manila. Silverio said Air Manila’s international flights will help boost the local tourist industry by providing more travel facilities to tourists.
Toward noon, the President inducted Nicetas S. Viesa as director of the Rice and Corn Board. Among the witnesses were Reps. Leopoldo Diaz and Angel Concepcion of Nueva Ecija; Mrs. Viesca and their daughters Blanquita and Violeta; and relatives and friends of the inductee.
At past noon, the President took time to attend to several congressmen who called to discuss with him the problems of their respective districts, among them Jose G. Puyat, Jr. of Surigao del Sur, Democrito O. Plaza of Agusan, Leopoldo Diaz and Angel Concepcion of Nueva Ecija and Ali Dimaporo of Lanao del Norte.
In the afternoon, the President submitted to the Commission on Appointments the nominations of seven individuals as members of the board of directors of the Philippine Veterans Bank, and of a division chief as assistant director of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Nominated to the PVB board were Agustin Marking, Alejo S. Santos, Jaime S. Mejia, Benjamin S. Florentino, Generoso P. Salazar, Alfredo C. Gray and Moises A. Maramba, Jr.
Nominated as assistant director of the Bureau of Animal industry was Faustino S. Mensalvas, chief of the bureau’s livestock research division.
He seemed quite proud of the loan for the Cotabato-Gen. Santos Road and the Fisherman’s Market. He does not know that we know that they have been giving concessional loans to Cambodia and Indonesia which they do not extend to us.
Finalizing the plans for the retired officers and men of the Armed Forces. The fastest would be a banana plantation in the Davao Penal Colony and the ground maintenance equipment and shop at Basa Airfield. Then we could follow with logging and the reclamation project to Cavite.
The ABS-CBN TV and radio networks are blanketing the whole country with vicious lies and distorted propaganda. But Imelda feels that it is becoming effective in turning some of the people against us.
So we have to mount a counter-propaganda campaign. We have started with some commentators and audio-visual units.