I have often said achievement is but the meeting or congruence of preparation and opportunity.
But Father Donelan told Imelda that in addition to this I have had luck. He cites the increase in the prices of export products like copper, gold, sugar, copra, logs etc. And the fact that the floods occurred in 1972 not after martial law.
I admit that I have had phenomenal luck in time of war as well as peace.
And there must be a Guiding Hand above who has forgiven me my sins, of which I have had more than my mortal share, and led me to my destiny.
Because all the well-nigh impossible accomplishments have seemed to be natural and fore ordained. And into the role of supposed hero in battle, top scholar, President I seemed to have gracefully moved into without the awkwardness of pushiness and over anxiety.
The three Supreme Court justices, Justice [Claudio] Teehankee [Sr.], [Enrique] Fernando and [Calixto] Zaldivar who voted in the Javellana vs. Executive Secretary case to declare the new constitution as not validly ratified in the January plebiscite and thus questioning the
Official Gazette for September 22, 1973: THE PHILIPPINES and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) established formal diplomatic relations it was announced by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Philippine-East German agreement is the first of four contemplated agreements with socialist countries of Eastern Europe which the President had specifically instructed Secretary of Foreign Affairs Carlos P. Romulo to negotiate Negotiations are underway for similar accords with Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
PHILIPPINE MEDICAL Care Commission said that the wife can sign for her medicare member-husband the medicare benefit application papers for any or all of his legal dependents, including those for herself, who may be hospitalized during the absence of the husband. The wife, however, should indicate on the space for the signature of the husband which she is to sign the whereabouts of her husband. The application nevertheless should still be in the name of the member-husband. The medicare contribution certification should be accomplished by the husband’s employer and the other papers required to be presented or submitted to the hospital should be in his name.
BUREAU of Public Highways has reported having completed no less than 411 bridges with a total length of 11,748.5 meters all over the country during the Martial Law period. Total amount spent for these bridges is P165,239,521. The highways bureau has also completed 548 kilometers of concrete roads, 2,167 kilometers of asphalt road, 2,936,897 kilometers of gravel road and 175 kilometers of feeder roads during the same period with a total cost of P265,346,350.
BUREAU of Internal Revenue has collected more than S1.5 million from overseas Filipinos. This was the report submitted to Commissioner of Internal Revenue Misael P. Vera by a two-man team sent abroad by the Bureau to enlighten overseas Filipinos on the salient features of Presidential Decree Nos. 23 and 220 and the National Internal Revenue Code. The report stated that from January 1 to July 15, 1973, 16,526 Filipinos in the United States paid a total of 81,077,976 plus P12,054 in income taxes. Filipinos in neighboring Asian countries paid a total of S482,398.36 in income taxes. Income tax returns and tax payments are being received by finance officers of the different consulate general offices.
legitimacy of the present government and my power as President to issue decrees with the effect of law, are holding on to their positions as justices in a government they consider illegal and unconstitutional.
I asked Sec. of Justice Vicente Abad Santos to inquire from them if they found their continuance in their offices compatible with their opinions. But there seems to be no answer.
Am presently studying the materials for the new book, The Constitution and Martial Law.
Thus the thoughts on the three justices above-mentioned.
The Chevron-Texaco drilling rig, Sloman III, which discovered oil in the North Sea has found traces of gas and oil in the South Palawan area, 24 miles from Balabac, drilling at 2,945 feet.
I have a feeling that we will discover oil this year.