I attach the written report of MGen. [Fabian] Ver of an offer of a laser-beam weapon of 20 km. range by Okinawan Sentoko Tamaki.
I have ordered the mater to be seriously considered.
Tuam Askar Hasbelah was brought by a known smuggler of [Diosdado] Macapagal days Hadja Haridja Nambi. Tuan Askar Hasbelah is the Secretary of the Interior in the state of Sabah and has come to tell me that Tun Mustapha is willing to meet me in London from June 14th to 22nd when he must be in Kuala Lumpur to attend the [Muhammad] Ali-[Joe] Bugner fight. I counter proposed that we meet on board a ship between Kutad Pt. on Banguey Island of Sabah and our island of Balabac.
Perhaps the First Lady can meet him.
Amb. [William] Sullivan left for the U.S. on home leave this afternoon. He asked me to
Official Gazette for May 27, 1975: THE PRESIDENT inducted members of the National Commission on the Role of Women with the First Lady as chairperson, in a ceremony held at Malacañang. The President created the commission under Presidential Decree No. 633 in response to an appeal of the United Nations for member countries to put up their respective bodies to ensure the full integration of women for economic, social and cultural development at national, regional and international levels. Recognizing the significant contribution of Filipino women as citizens, homemakers, workers, and volunteers, as well as their increasing participation in the development of friendly relations and cooperation among nations, the President stressed the need for a body to review, evaluate and recommend measures to insure the full integration of women for national and international development.
MOBIL Petroleum Co. Inc. sold and assigned to the Philippine National Oil Co. three per cent of the shares of common capital stock of the Bataan Refining Corp. The agreement restructures the equity ownership of the Bataan Refinery into 60 per cent PNOC and 40 per cent Mobil. The previous ownership was 57 per cent-43 per cent for the state-owned company. This restructuring of the BRC equity structure will enable it to solve problems associated with the expiration of parity and the Laurel-Langley Agreement affecting its private lands. The transaction involves the transfer of 33,540 shares of BRC from Mobil to PNOC at a price of $1.187 million. Bataan Refining Corp. owns and operates the Bataan Refinery at Limay, Bataan which has a rated capacity of 110,000 bls/day. Signatories to the agreement were Geronimo Z. Velasco, president of PNOC, and Robert D. Wales as attorney-in-fact of Mobil Petroleum.
PERSONNEL of private schools, whether they hold teaching or non-teaching positions will start enjoying retirement benefits this year. Atty. Antonio Dumlao, officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Private Schools said the requirement for retirement plan in private schools was one of the reasons why the government is granting new increases in tuition fees.
PHILIPPINE National Bank has released P30 million as working capital for the textile industry. Benedicto Dacanay, executive secretary of the Textile Mills Association of the Philippines (TMAP) said that the amount is part of the P100 million set aside by the PNB to help finance the operation of the distressed textile industry He said the P100 million being funded by the PNB will be secured by inventories of textile mills. The local textile industry, which has been undergoing difficulties since the oil crisis, will use the PNB loan for its operational expenditures. The amount will also prevent the industry from increasing its prices and laying off workers.
be more specific on my proposal on the bases. I sent word to him, through Executive Secretary [Alejandro] Melchor [Jr.] that the concept of turning the bases into industrial states with some facilities exclusively for the U.S. set aside—or that of complete military take over by the AFP with facilities leased to the U.S. the rent to be sufficient to maintain the bases.
He says it will take 3 to 4 months for the U.S. to determine their basing requirements.