Woke up at the 777 at 9:00 AM, exercised and heard mass at 10:30 to 11:00 then left by car to Baguio with Cong. [Jose] Aspiras, [Joaquin] Ortega [Jr.] and Gov. [Juvenal] Guerrero with me in my car.
Reached Baguio at 12:40 PM. Met by Mayor [Luis] Lardizabal at the city boundary, lunch, a half-hour nap then golf at the Country Club at 3:00 PM. The rain had started at 2:00 PM but stopped when we started playing golf. Had agreed to meet there with Mayor Lardizabal and Dr. de la Rosa but they were not there so I played with [Honorio] Nori Poblador and [Potenciano] Nanoy Illusorio but the mayor and Dr. de la Rosa caught up at the 3rd hole. Had one birdie, the 9th on a long putt (the second for the day) and a fairly good game although I am not contented with my drives. Then played at No. 10, 13, 17 and 18 only as it was beginning to rain again. Finished at 5, showered and left for the squatters site at 5:30 PM. Stayed up to 8:00 PM and returned as Meldy’s party for Zita Feliciano whose birthday it is today was starting with VP Fernando Lopez there already.
Came up to the room at 10:40 PM.
Am working on the 4-year economic development program.
Official Gazette for May 17, 1970: In Baguio City, President Marcos held a series of conferences with local officials who briefed him on pressing problems in their respective jurisdictions.
Accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, the President arrived in Baguio City shortly before 1 p.m. from Poro Point, San Fernando, La Union where he landed aboard the RPS 777 after an overnight voyage from Manila,
At Poro Point, the President was met by a delegation of La Union officials headed by Governor Juvenal Guerrero, Representatives Jose D. Aspiras and Joaquin Ortega, and San Fernando Mayor Lorenzo Dacanay. After hearing Mass aboard the ship, the President and the First Lady disembarked and motored up to Baguio via the Naguilian road.
At the Baguio City boundary they were met by another delegation of officials headed by Mayor Luis Lardizabal of Baguio City. The President held conferences with La Union officials and Baguio City officials upon arrival at the Mansion House.
Focusing on paper work later on, the President issued an executive order reviving the total ban on the slaughter of carabaos and buffaloes as a means of discouraging carabao rustling, helping conserve work animals and boosting food production. The new order revokes Executive Order No. 100 dated November 2, 1967 authorizing the slaughter of carabaos and buffaloes under certain conditions.
The President also issued another executive order creating the Commission on Population to “formulate program recommendations on population as it relates to economic and social development.”
The new order, which revoked Executive Order No. 171 issued on February 19, 1969 creating the original Commission on Population, revised the membership of the commission and vested it with additional duties and functions. The President, in his order, reasserted the generally accepted principle that “the population problem must be recognized as a principal element in long-range national planning if governments are to achieve their economic goals and fulfill the aspirations of their people.
Tomorrow I play golf at 8:00 AM at Camp John Hay with Nanoy, Nory and Ben Palispis, the Benguet Province governor.
Then I visit the site for the new Baguio water system and reservoir in the afternoon.