Have just seen Igorota in its original version complete with Charito Solis and others in the nude and some bedroom scenes. It has grossed the most in Thailand and has made P3 million in the Philippines but 1/3 goes to the government in amusement taxes, 1/3 to the theatre and 1/3 to the producer. And [Luis] Nepomoceno the producer has not yet recovered his investment. But it presents the mountain people and their picturesque customs and surroundings.
The body of Arthur Garcia one of the organizers of the New Communist Party has been recovered, pointed out by one of two HMB’s [Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan] caught in Manila. Jose Maria Sison may be hunted now by Dante’s [Bernabe Buscayno] men who killed Garcia about a month ago. His body was dug up about 1,000 yards from the Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac.
Ordered FOIC [Flag Officer in Command] Commodore [Dioscoro] Papa and the Chief of Coast Guard to exercise jurisdiction over the coral reefs northwest of Palawan. Al Yuchengco’s group will be given a million hectares. Nationalist China had a garrison there some time ago. We must check this as we will have to explore oil there.
The sugar lands in Davao bought by Manolo Mariano some of which were parts of father’s ranch in Davao del Sur have to be developed to supply cane to the new mill
Official Gazette for May 27, 1970: President Marcos devoted most of the morning up to nearly noon to state papers. Then he interrupted himself to begin receiving congressmen, Wednesday being Congressmen’s Day at Malacañang. Among the solons who called were Representatives Eduardo Cojuangco of Tarlac, Lamberto Macias of Negros Oriental, Vicente Cerilles of Zamboanga del Sur, Constantino Navarro of Surigao del Norte, Felipe Azcuna of Zamboanga del Norte, Godofredo Tan of Quezon, Felipe Abvigo of Samar, Rodolfo Albano of isabela, Jose Neri of Camiguin, Romulo Lumauig of Ifugao, Eduardo Gullas of Cebu, D. O. Plaza of Agusan, Pablo Malasarte of Bohol, Joaquin Ortega of La Union, Jose Puyat, Jr. of Surigao del Sur, Joaquin Chipeco of Laguna, Ali Dimaporo of Lanao del Sur, and Artemio Loyola of Davao del Sur, who was accompanied; by Governor Ramon de los Cientos and several town mayors. The President discussed with the Davao group, among other things, the needs of the burgeoning sugar industry in the province.
In-between receiving congressmen, the President inducted Dr. Lorenzo Ga. Cesar, the newly appointed Assistant Director of Public Schools. Among those witnessing the ceremony was the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos. In the afternoon, the President resumed working on state papers.
Earlier, the President summoned the top provincial government and party officials of Ilocos Sur to Malacañang to discuss “urgent business,” in the wake of the Bantay incident. High ranking officials of the Philippine Constabulary were also summoned to the conference. The President also took a direct hand in the recent fatal shooting of Domingo Miranda, owner of a nightclub in Reina Mercedes, Isabela by directing the Department of Justice to give the case urgent priority. The President issued the directive in reply to an appeal from the brother of the deceased, Mayor Raymundo C. Miranda of Santiago, Isabela, who informed the President that he had tried in vain to get information on the incident.
that will operate there in December. The PHILSUGIN [Philippine Sugar Institute] people say that the soil is 3 times richer than that in Negros.