Dra. Aragon and Isidro, the obstetricians and gynecologists of Imelda, are here and have just examined Imelda as we would like to have another child. And they are very optimistic that she is quite ready for it. There seems to be no reason why we should not have another child—a boy I hope.
Played golf at Kaniao golf course (which is our golf course here in the Mansion) with Ricky and Helen Cu Unjieng and Carding Silverio; Helen as usual was my partner. We came off even on the high-and-low match. Carding and I had a twenty peso bet on the medal score. On the 14th hole he was eight down on this tricky course which saw him hit an eight on the par five 6th hole as he hit the trees on the left and went to the ravine to the right of the approach to the green and hit a six on the 3rd hole par 3 on the second nine (we have only nine holes in the Kaniao golf course so we have to go through these nine holes twice for an 18 hole game). The 3rd hole is a 105 yard sand blaster shot across a ravine which he did not cross on the tee shot (which I also did on the first round although I chipped about 10 meters up the cliff into the green from the dropping area of the ravine while it took him two shots to do so). The 4th hole is a 75-yard hole through trees, downward across a sandtrap that guards the front of the green the back of which is a horrendous steep decline.
Official Gazette for November 6, 1970: President Marcos continued his conferences in Baguio with various government leaders, some of them coming from the Visayas and Mindanao, and others from Luzon.
During such conferences, the President discussed projects which will be taken up after the election of Constitutional Convention delegates, and repeated1 his admonition to NPs to steer clear of the election campaign, and that if any NP wished to support any candidate, he should do it on his own as a constitutional right not in the name of the party.
And in consonance with the non-partisan and non-political election of delegates to the forthcoming Constitutional Convention, the Chief Executive also addressed a special appeal to all political parties to keep off the: elections as organized parties, and desist from exerting any “untoward pressures on our people in choosing—the right delegates to the Constitutional Convention.”
A ceremony honoring the President, initiated by local officials, which included a parade, was cancelled by him in deference to the election campaign. He also conferred at length with Gov. Jose Evangelista of Ilocos Norte, where the President is expected to vote on election day, Tuesday. He disclosed that immediately after voting, he would fly back to Manila where he would keep tabs on the election returns.
Among the papers he scanned while working at his desk in the Mansion House was the report submitted by Secretary of Foreign Affairs Carlos P. Romulo on his stint at the United Nations, which pertained mostly td the proposed amendments to the UN charter and the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the world organization.
During the day, the President also named the members of the delegation of the Philippines to the 21st Colombo Plan Ministerial Meeting, scheduled to be held in Manila from November 24 to December 6, this year. Secretary Romulo was named head of the delegation. The delegation was invested by the President with full powers and the authority to meet and confer with their peers and negotiate, conclude and sign with them any acts or agreements adopted during the meeting.
I have given orders for all offices in government to support the Comelec [Commission on Elections] orders to prevent violence and vote-buying and allow the people to vote freely and openly for the delegates of their choice.
And called down Gen. [Eduardo] Garcia for his press release that the PC [Philippine Constabulary] could not implement the Comelec order to disarm any unauthorized persons bearing high-powered guns. These include policemen and security agencies personnel. The newspapers estimate the number of these firearms at 100,000. The actual number may be very much less.
A report has just come in to the effect that the No. 1 and No. 2 HMB [Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan] Commanders in Pampanga were killed in the poblacion of Sta. Ana, Pampanga in operations from 1200H-1630H today by TF [Task Force] Lawin, Zone 2 operatives, 20th BCT [Battalion Combat Team] and PC Pampanga. These are Commanders Fonting alias Florentino Salak and Commander Tony alias Jorge Ocampo. Killed also was Felixberto Macalinao alias Sony. Captured were Ernesto Santos, Rosendo Gamboa and 3 amazons as well as five M-16s. On our side KIA-S [killed in action] Sgt. Teodoro Balbuena, ACOY, 20th BCT; WIA [wounded in action]—Two.