Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Nov 27th, 1972 in
Diary of Augusto Caesar EspirituThe headline of the Daily Express today was “Second Reading Vote Today on Draft of Proposed Constitution.” The subheading is “Charter Reflect Spirit of New Society.” I had a brief chat with Johnny Remulla and Jun Davide. “There is no more oppposition in Cavite,” Johnny declared triumphantly. “Governor Bocalan is in the stockade while Senator (Tatang) Montano is out of …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Nov 25th, 1972 in
Diary of Augusto Caesar EspirituA few of us met at Pepe Calderon’s house for our small prayer meeting. This was necessary because of the kind of dilemmas that we have been facing. Moreover, it is really true that in spite of our supposed religiosity, most of us, perhaps, if not all of us, have not really allowed God to illumine our minds in this …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Oct 21st, 1972 in
Diary of Augusto Caesar EspirituI have been sleeping in different places. I don’t want to be arrested at night. From Parañaque where I slept last night, I proceeded to Pepe Calderon’s house to help go over the draft of the explanation of our vote yesterday. On my way to Pepe’s place, I dropped by the Unimart Shopping Center at Greenhills for doughnuts and orange …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Oct 19th, 1972 in
Diary of Augusto Caesar EspirituI presided over the meeting of the Sponsorship Council, sub-council I, on Economic and Fiscal Affairs. Erning Amatong and Ikeng Belo came along. Serging Tocao thrust himself into the meeting on the ground that he is the assistant of Justice Barrera in the sub-council. He talked about the format of the Constitution. I had to cut him short because our …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Oct 18th, 1972 in
Diary of Augusto Caesar EspirituThe Independent-Progressives had lunch at the home of Totoy Nepomuceno. Present, in addition to Totoy and myself, were Joe Feria, Naning Kalaw, Bobbit Sanchez and Fr. Ortiz. Totoy told us about his meeting with Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, whose wife is a friend of Totoy’s wife. He said he went to Camp Crame primarily to find out whether our little …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Oct 11th, 1972 in
Diary of Augusto Caesar Espiritu“Malakas ka pala, tinanggal pala ang pangalan mo sa ‘wanted’ delegates.” Cicero (Cecing) Calderon said that Sig Siguion-Reyna had told him that my name has been removed from the “wanted” list. He said he himself had been exerting; efforts to see Enrile and that he actually saw him on behalf of his brother, Pepe Calderon. Actually, he said, Pepe was …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Sep 30th, 1972 in
Diary of Augusto Caesar EspirituI did not sleep well last night, not even in this other place where I am hiding and filling out my diary for today. I anxiously sought out Edong Angara and requested him again to ask Enrile to scratch out my name. Edong replied that while the heat is on we might as well tide things over because in any …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Feb 9th, 1970 in
Diary of Ferdinand E. MarcosPAGE 73 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang February 9, 1970 Monday 9:40 PM I write this as I wait for a visitor who will inform us of all the conspiracy going on behind the Liberal Party. Osmeña has just delivered a privilege speech in the Senate denying his connection with the demonstrators and the riots and rehashing …
Posted by Manuel L. Quezon III on Jan 26th, 1970 in
Diary of Ferdinand E. MarcosPAGE 51 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang January 26, 1970 Monday 11:05 PM Opening session of Congress. State of the Nation Address and Riots by the demonstrators in front of Congress. Two students reported killed. Phil. Gen. Hospital Dir. Pascual reports 45 demonstrators and 5 policemen treated. Cars in Congress destroyed like that of Sen. Roy. The …
