Actually written
as we enter the breakwater
of Manila Bay on Sept. 29, 1971
10:45 AM after I have recorded
on sound and film
a report on the trip.
I find the trip most relaxing. This morning Sept. 29, 1971 my blood pressure was 114 over 76. But it could have been affected by my loose bowel movement which has stopped.
And as always one gains a new perspective and gets more inagurative and resourceful on a trip away from Manila.
So I have been able to solve many problems which have been nagging me.
And I have been able to read some books including the three books of Pres. Park Chung Hee of Korea which although not too elegantly written (the style is the common hyperbolic rhetoric of political speeches) does present the problems of the country, a criticism of American consumer-goods aid and their failure to support a long term program of economic development,
Official Gazette for September 28, 1971: President Marcos and the First Lady, Imelda R. Marcos, left the resthouse in Ulot, Tolosa at 9 a.m. for Tacloban where they reboarded the RPS Ang Pangulo for the resumption of their trip to Manila.
The President took advantage of his sailing time to dispose of piles of urgent state papers in his cabin.
In an interview aboard the ship with the Voice of the Philippines, the President announced his intention to meet with the Cabinet on the various development projects, including the workingmen’s housing program, the industrial development of areas around Manila, and reports on the peace and order situation in Cotabato and Lanao del Norte.
as well as of course of the corruption, lack of foresight and wisdom or talent of the previous administrations.
From the distance of the trip, I can see that most of my troubles stem from the media—most specially The Manila Times, The Manila Chronicle, and ABS-CBN.
So I am decided to continue with the project to put up a metropolitan newspaper. I intend the review the reasons for the government not putting up a Television station. It is unbelievable that the government cannot disseminate its side of every controversy.
And I must now inquire about the Constitutional Convention.