The world is a happy, glorious place of suffused daybreak and lingering sunlight lucky fishing and skiing—in Talaga now that the weather is cooperating.
Even the girls learned to ski—Irene who celebrates her birthday in the free loud
Official Gazette for September 15, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has exempted the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), located in Iloilo province from the payment of gift, franchise, specific, percentage, real property and all other taxes, duties and fees provided under existing laws, decrees and ordinances. According to Presidential Decree No. 292, this exemption shall extend to goods imported and owned by the Aquaculture Department and to goods brought in or imported for the personal use of foreign personnel whose services are paid by the Aquaculture Department.
DEPARTMENT of Trade is embarking on an intensified export promotion program designed to project the country’s new export products and maintain the foothold of traditional exports in the international market. In accordance with this new program, Secretary of Trade Troadio T. Quiazon Jr. directed all commercial attaches to submit a list of Philippine experts which have the most potential in their areas of assignment.
DEPARTMENT of Trade approved the application for the exportation of 30,000 kilos of buri fiber to Hongkong. This brings the country’s total export of the commodity of 33,000 kilos since the promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 180 which relaxes the ban on the exportation of buri fibers provided under Republic Act No. 4666 and authorizes the trade secretary as the duly authorized representative of the President “to grant prior authorization to export buntal fibers.” In approving the export application, Secretary of Trade Troadio T. Quiazon Jr. stressed that applications for exportation will be approved provided the guidelines are followed.
DEPARTMENT of Local Government and Community Development Is launching a pre-service training program for the recruitment of field workers who will serve in the barrios. The recruitment of more field-men will fill the agency’s urgent needs as it goes full blast in implementing the three-pronged program of the department in cooperative development, community development and local government, according to Secretary Jose Roño. The training of field workers before hiring them makes the department’s recruitment system unique and more professional-like.
Official Gazette for September 16, 1973: THE PRESIDENT issued guidelines aimed at ensuring uniformity in the tax treatment of consultants contracted by the Philippine Government, its agencies, entities and instrumentalities in connection with projects financed with foreign loans. The guidelines are in addition to those already observed in the review and approval of projects proposed for foreign financing. The President ordered the secretary of finance and the director general of the National Economic and Development Authority to observe the guidelines he had set in Letter of Instructions No. 128.
DEFENSE Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile warned anew that he will not hesitate to recommend to the President the immediate replacement of municipal officials who are found to be sliding back to the malpractices of public servants in the old society. He said that the military’s drive against these erring and abusive officials will be conducted without letup and that proper disciplinary measures will be instituted to the extent that they are not performing their jobs and are harassing their constituents. Secretary Enrile said that the Government is interested in preserving the permanence and durability of the reforms so far achieved under the New Society and it will be harsh with those who would seek to undermine these gains.
DEPARTMENT of Public Works, Transportation and Communications has done more to push infrastructure projects in 10 months of Martial Law than the two years before the New Society. In a report to the President, the department said that 25.6 per cent of its infrastructure project was accomplished during the first 10 months under review. According to the department report, the declaration of Martial Law accelerated the progress of the infrastructure program because politicking, bureaucratic red tape and incompetent field workers were removed. Other projects which made considerable progress during the period under review were: highways, by 14.7 per cent; power, 5.7 per cent; and irrigation, 2.9 per cent.
atmosphere tonight of Juan de la Cruz Combo on board the 777—but last night in the hushed quiet of the Talaga evening—exploding into the laughter of charades by the younger generation and [penny-cute?] blackjack by the older ones. I slept but woke up to wish Irene a happy birthday at 12:00 last night and talk late into the morning.
And the rains have paid obeisance to her and stayed away. While the sunlight beamed benevolently.
As to skiing, everyone had a measure of valid victory. First Cess (Cecila [Revilla], Bongbong’s light of his eye) then Mari Tess and Irene, Benjie Diaz and even heavy Miming—and the Israeli violinist Ronny Rogoff.
The others played pelota.
As Ronny Rogoff has said this is the happiest weekend he has ever spent in his whole life.
But I am bathed in the glow of the half sad anticipation of the departure of my children tomorrow.