Sunday
Guns, Gangsters and the Reduction of the Meralco [Manila Electric Company] rates—these are the news that have gone big in the United States. 17,000 guns captured and surrendered is a massive number indeed which that is preoccupied with terrorism. So too with gangsterism since it is a risk to take a stroll in Central Park or Rock Creek Park even in the daytime. And the move to dismantle the hold of the oligarchs on our economy and thus our society and government—starting out with the Lopezes Meralco. So we must continue the raids on the NPA safehouses for the explosives and arms know they have.
And the heroin laboratories.
I issued the decrees on meat prices and on undeclared income.
And called in my information production group including Blas Ople, Rony Diaz as well as [Francisco] Kits Tatad and the operating officers, the Dept. of Education with its 270,000 public school teachers and 70,000 private school teachers, Dept. of Agriculture with the APC [Agricultural Productivity Commission], ACA [Agricultural Credit Administration], Bureau of Plant Industry, Bureau of Lands, Bureau of Forestry, etc. the Dept. of Health and its Rural Health Units, the Dept. of Local Govt. and Community Development for the organization of an information campaign that must reach every woman and child in the country.
Conferred with Jess Tanchangco on the rice problem. Directed him to clean up the RCA [Rice and Corn Administration].