1:40 PM after lunch
while waiting for Imelda
to finish lunch.
Commander Pusa (True name—Benjamin Sanguyo) surrendered formally to me in Rizal on the way to Pasig, this morning at about 11:00 Am. He was supposed to surrender some time ago in Tarlac but many obstacles had set in.
He is the NPA’s [New People’s Army] most daring and outstanding and well-known field commander. He led the raid by the NPA (with defectee Victor Corpus) of the Philippine Military Academy.
He was tasked to organize the Sparrow Units in Manila for the liquidation and assassination of high-ranking officers of the civil government and the military (led by me of
Official Gazette for May 17, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has issued Presidential Decree No. 190 creating the National Defense College of the Philippines for the effective implementation of the country’s defense plans. The college is envisioned to graduate potential military leaders and civilian executives who may be drafted to positions in the military establishment as well as the various branches of the government. The college, which shall be organized and administered by the Armed Forces chief of staff, shall be supervised and controlled by the secretary of national defense.
WORLD BANK has approved a $11.6 million loan for the development of fisheries projects in the Philippines. This was announced by Secretary of Finance Cesar E.A. Virata after he was informed through a cablegram by Mr. Raymund Goodman, director of the East Asia Pacific Department of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), also known as the World Bank. The fisheries loan, which will be paid in 17 years exclusive of a six-year grace period, was negotiated with the World Bank by a Philippine panel headed by Ambassador Eduardo Z. Romualdez.
LABOR AND MANAGEMENT will be equally represented in the proposed labor relations board as contemplated under the proposed labor code. Department of Labor Secretary Blas F. Ople made this assurance during an open forum following his speech before the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. The proposed board—which will take over the functions of the National Labor Relations Commission—will be actually tripartite in character, the labor secretary said. Mr. Ople stressed that the drafted labor relations system will be “result-oriented and is envisioned to settle labor disputes as speedily as possible.” The draft labor code further seeks to disseminate unenforceable labor laws that favor neither management nor labor but only unscrupulous third parties, he added.
THE GOVERNMENT has lifted travel restrictions on at least three categories of overseas-based Filipinos to further encourage them to visit the country to survey its improved conditions under Martial Law. Foreign Undersecretary Manuel Collantes, chairman of the special committee on travel for abroad, announced that the following categories of Filipinos are not required to revalidate their passports: 1) Those who are permanent residents abroad who come to visit the Philippines; 2) Those in the active service of foreign government and; 3) Bonafide crew members of international air carriers and ocean-going vessels. The move was taken following reports that a number of Filipinos residing in the United States has signified their intentions to visit the country to see the marked improvement under Martial Law.
SOME 1,200 hectares of coconut plantations throughout the country will benefit from the initial rat control operations to be launched by the RP-German rat control project. Plant Industry Director Eliseo Carandang reported that the anti-rodent program for coconut plantations will be launched this month in Lucena, Quezon; Argao Cebu; Calope, Bohol; Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte; Panabo, Davao del Norte; and Digos, Davao del Sur. A bilateral project between the Philippine Government and the Federal Republic of Germany, the rat control program now covers a total of 16,200 hectares.
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“Ako’y sumuko sapagkat ngayon ako’y naniniwala nan a maaring magtayo nang [sic] Bagong Lipunan na walang marugong himagsikan,” this was his answer to my appeal for him to come and help me build a New Society.
“Mahalin ng aking pangamba na kailangan pa rin ang marugong himagsikan upang metatag at malinis ang batayan nang [sic] Bagong Lipunan, ngunit handa akong magmalasakit upang bigyan natin nang [sic] pagkakataon ang mapayapang himagsikan ni Pangulong Marcos.”
Our missile tests have been successful and we have a launcher on a dump truck that can be pivoted armed on a 360 degree and elevated up to a vertical.
I attach the pictures of the last tests last Saturday (the 12th)on Caballos Island which was spied on by the Clark Air Force helicopter and planes. Apparently the missiles appeared on their radar scopes.