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Danny Florencio ang tinaguriang hari sa ilalim :thumbsupsmiley:

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The twister sa ilalim ng goal. A pride of UST. Ano na kaya itsura niya ngayon? :upside: He was supposed to play sa reunion ng Toyota/Crispa kaya lang di pinayagan ng employer sa US. There's one na mahilig din sa ilalim, si Morales ng Royal Tru Orange. Magulong maglaro

ineng, pantasya pa lang ni erpats mo si mother erms mo

 

rudolf kutch - mr.clutch

 

jawo and big boy reynoso were banned coz inupakan nila yung referee... (tama ba?)

 

ysmael steel may robot sa lote sa quezon city?

 

buti noon may mga consistent outside shooters...ngayon? tsktsktsk 1or2 games 1or2 quarters

 

ang pinoy nga naman, ang liliit pero mahilig drive saksak para mag-ala MJ play of the day highlites pero pagdating sa international competition butata ! :thumbsdownsmiley:

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Oo nga, hindi ko rin maintindihan kung bakit sa ilalim ng goal ang hilig ng pinoys. I remember when a jolly green rookie by the name of Edgardo Carvajal from JRC came into MICAA, he blocked most of the national team players during the time. Carvajal is only 6'6" at parang si Feihl maglaro. Tawanan ang mga to sa loob ng coliseum. Batang bata pero nakakasabay sa mga mature amateurs.

Mas matititindi ang mga outside shooters nuon....Marquez, Herrera, Borchok, Reyes, Miego, Marcelo, Mariano, etc.

Yung ysmael steel robot ata, yung nasa Aurora blvd. Parati kong hinahanap yan nuon kapag pupunta kami sa QC. Ganda kasing tingnan. Ang laki laki.

Wasn't JAWORSKI and REYNOSO Banned for Life for game fixing? which..was eventually lifted? I remember overhearing my parents to talk about it.

 

Meron bang nakakaalam ni details nito? or may nakakaalala?

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jawo and Big Boy were banned for life for beating referees Cruz and Obias. Saw this game live! it all started when Meralco, ayon sa kanila, niluluto yung game. After Big Boy Reynoso was assessed with a charging foul on Jun Papa, all hell broke loose. Mainit na nuon then all of a sudden, Big Boy slammed the ball into the face of Cruz then Jawo joined the melee and kicked and punched Obias. Tayuan ang buong benches and it took minutes to calm things down. When all calmed down, may nagtapon ng kuting (kitten) sa court at dun napunta naman ang attention ng crowd. Mind you, wala pang hag wire sa bleachers during that time so maski anong hawak ng tao, binabato sa court. Players were usually escorted sa dugout with securities holding umbrellas. Those were the days.

Used to hear D. Ildefonso and J. Cantada refer to some basketball stars as "CLUTCH players". Can't seem to figure out how and why.

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Some players are called "clutch players" because they tend to take over the situation during tense moments like when the opposing team is leading by 1 or a small margin. Those players have "nerves of steel" so they usually deliver the goods. Clutch players sa NBA are the likes of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Jerry West (the original mr. clutch who made a 60-foot heave in the last second that tied the count in a championship game. Here, I remember Mariano, Botchok delos Santos, Arthur Herrera, Estoy Estrada as the clutch players of the 70s. During the late 70s, its Francis Arnaiz.

By the way, uncle ni Abbarientos of Ginebra si Haba Haba Abbarientos of Crispa nuon.

thomson submachinegun?

 

among longtom artists - si jun 'ata' papa katuwa ang lake ng tiyan, halos di umaaangat ang paa sa pagtalon, puro set-shots pero deadly. buti pa si estoy estrada, maski mataba, duma-drive at si bigboy reynoso din. hindi uso nun ang physical conditioning.

 

another icon during 60s70s = narciso bernardo

 

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Uso kasi nuon puro set shot but with the advent of the jump shot mid 70s, nag adapt naman silang lahat including the set shot artist, the late Adriano "Jun" Papa. Note that Crispa then has the top 3 bes shooters in the land, and probably (with the exception of Shin and Taniguchi) the whole of Asia....Adornado, Papa and Florencio. Katakot ang triumvirate na yun. pero Meralco ako nuon hehehe.

 

Estoy Estrada has the longest "hang time" nuon, and can change his type of shot and palipat lipat ng bola sa kamay (reminiscent of Michael Jordan when he was airborne during one of his layup attempt). Medyo ingat ka nga lang sa siko niya hahaha.

 

Mas marumi ang mga laro nuon as compared today. Mga players nuon employees of their companies (pero walang ginagawa sa office). Amateur "daw" kasi sila.

 

San Miguel is the only company nuon that does not employ "imports". Puro all-filipino sila mas sa reinforce league. Meron ding Invitational tournament nuon pero team from MICAA still bags the championship.

 

Sarap ng usapan dito. Sayang nga nasunugan kami sa Dapitan, walang natira. Dami kong clippings ng 70s players nuon. Batang bata pa si Jawo and Freddie Webb. sayang na sayang.

"Long Tom"...definitely from the '70's. Wala ng gumagamit niyan ngayon. I remember Emy Arcilla in the early PBA broadcasts (bata pa p ako nun..grade 1 yata) using this term to describe long range shooters. Extra points to those who know the history of the term (without googling or searching the web). Clue: originally refered to a WW II weapon.

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I remember Dick Ildefonso said decades ago that 'long tom" was a kind of malaking kanyon used during world war II. It has long (dont know the term) "arm" for precision target.

ay forgot YSMAEL pala rival ng YCO....

 

backl were the days when 6'3 CENTER NA (ely tolentino) at 6'1 BIG BOY REYNOSO...hehehe

 

ed ocampo put on the shackles k shindongPa

"habahaba"- abarrientos, dunno relation k johnny A.

who could forget alejandrito miego? bulilit...

jake rojas and jesse sullano tandem

tembong melencio - one of the orig dirty boys of RP basketball, uso non ang duraan sa mukha

danny florencio - at 5'9 thrives under the basket

baka si rolly marcelo - longshot artist

sad but today, wala na yata pure shooters. kung makita ng mga bata ang laro ni shindongpa maski anong gawing bantay at balya ni Jawo, shoot pa rin...hehehe

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I also remember yung lupain ng Ysmael sa Quezon City na meron malaking robot. or sa quezon city nga ba yun? cant remember. Di pa ako mahilig sa basketball, but naririnig ko na yung rivalry through Channel 11 nuon (cant remember the sportcaster then, matanda na siya nuon).

Yes, centers we have during the 60s and 70s, a fraction over 6 feet lang, Paner, Samson, Tolentino, Supnet, etc.

While ed ocampo shacked Shin...si Bernardo naman ang ating Shin : - )

hahaha, Miego, yes, at napaka gulang. bulilit but kung meron lang 3-point shot nuon, ang daming long tom artists nuon, Mariano, Marquez, Cuevas, Marcelo (good thing nabanggit mo siya, last time i saw him was during the crispa-toyota reunion), botchok delos santos, herrera (who earns his points through screens of melencio during the Motorola days), Belmonte (kapag nag jumpshot, tumitiklop ang paa), bank shot artist Lucindo, etc.

Kung duraan sa mukha while attempting a layup, no one beats johnny revilla of crispa hahaha.

the twisting undergoal stub of Danny florencio.

Wala na talagang pure shooters. Puro undergoal stabs ngayon. Di puwede sa international play yun. Remember when South Korea defeated China sa Asian Games? It was their consistent outside sniping that won the Sokor the championship.

Nuon talagang NATIONALISM. Kapag napili ka sa national team, PRIDE!!! prestige!!! You are god!!! pero now, kapag national team na, ang unang tanong, MAGKANO TATANGGAPIN KO?

........ang the list goes on.............................

sa basketball - hindi siya pinoy pero i wont forget SHIN DONG PA - the thorn in RP basketball's asian domination. simply the best shooter there is. long before chip engelland, allan caidic, ricky brown lim eng beng...

 

before the pba there was MICAA

yco, yutivo, puyat steel (tom dose),

mariwasa - (billy robinson)

meralco

 

pba (1975)

crispa

toyota

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Yap, also Japanese cagers with a surname of "Taniguchi", "Abe" and the man-mountain "Numata". Red China did not compete sa Asian Games because of the country's close door policy but when they did opened it up, many were stunned by their height (nuon yun) and raw talent. I remember when they visited the Philippines during the 70's, parang ang babait nila. Imagine, kapag nabangga nila players natin, they halt play and tried to help yung players nating bumagsak (diplomacy then). But now its different na.

I also remember MICAA (Manila Industrial-Commercial Athletic Association), the most dominant sa local tournaments.

Yco - Freddie Webb, Botchok delos Santos, Canent, Reyes, Tolentino

Yutivo - Melencio

Mariwasa - Sullano, Robinson, Rojas

Meralco - Presley, Arnaiz, Jaworski, Reynoso, Marquez, Mariano

San Miguel - Miego, Castello, Cuevas, Paner, Regullano, (forgot the long tom artist nila nun)

Squibb - Pribhdas, Otazu

Iba yung sensesurround noon. Grabeng yanig. First kong napanood na sensesurround was Earthquake starring Charlton Heston.

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Totoo yan! yanig na yanig. Second time I watched a sensurround movie was Tora! Tora!. Cant remember ang name ng theatre.

Is Good Earth Emporium still around?

I remember this very vividly. My dad always brought me here lalo na sa 3rd floor ata yun, toys section.

Dami matchboxes.

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by the way nga pala, what happened sa GoodEarth at biglang nagsara. Because of LRT? I heard a rumor then na yung may ari daw na chinese tumalon daw sa top floor.....nag suicide. Totoo ba yun?

Since its Independece Day, I bet majority of our senators and congressmen (pati na governors, mayors,basta public officials)doesnt know how to recite the PANATANG MAKABAYAN and/or sing straight our NATIONAL ANTHEM! I remember when I was still in PUP during the 70s, stop ang trapik and lahat ng naglalakad sa kalye kapag may flag raising kami. Ngayon, bale wala na!

I also remember yung binibili kong "apa" na korteng pamaypay nuon (5 centavos) early 70s, na kapag kinakain mo, may laman na plastic toy sa loob na pang decorasyon sa Christmas Tree. May kabitan pa ng pisi sa ibabaw niya. hahaha.

chocovim - "low-end" - softdrink style mas mura

chocolait - "hi-end" (choc and milk variants), paper/carton ang talip - tsarap!

ok din UVA lem-o-lime...

same area tayo bro...at sa quiapo din simba.

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Am from Sampaloc (Musa, dapitan) pero parating nagsisimba sa Quiapo twing Sundays and Fridays (hanggang ngayon). Baka nagkita tayo sa Good Earth nuon hahaha (sa rooftop)

By the way, just heard this a.m. Boom Gonzales play on 89.9 magic "Oh, Lorie" by the Alessi Bros. My all-time favorite. It so made my day!! :thumbsupsmiley:

 

Other songs I love from the 70's - "Kiss You All Over", "Baby Come Back" (Player), "Afternoon Delight" (Starlight Band)

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Afternoon Delight was a hit during summer of mid 70s. Very memorable. The really big hits before that was Commodores of the "bump" thing........Young Girls are my Weakness, Machine Gun, Do the Bump. Continously played during our barkadas summer outing.

iba pa ba yung ChocoVim? t's like chocolait na nakalagay sa bote na parang bote ng coke. I can barely remember pero yung advertisement non e yung may bisekletang mahaba na maraming upuan

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Wow, ChocoVim...my favorite softdrink when I was Grade 6 sa Quiapo Parochial School. Imagine, baon ko P1.50 lang nakakabili na ako ng ChocoVim together with sandwich and kasama na rin yung pamasahe (from Dapitan). Meron pa ba nito ngayon? Miss its great taste.

Maski walang cellphone noon, ang galing ng generation natin na mag-COORDINATE ng mga Pa-Takas na mga Dates at Gimmick noong HS - di lang in terms of meeting place and time...pati excuse coordinated sa buong barkada with one week advance notice para consistent in case mag-check at mahuli ng parents. Magplano ka lang date/gimmick e community affair na that requires major preparation and logistics...samatalang ngayon isang text lang Go! na.

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oo nga....and another thing. dapat kapag maghihiwalay na kayo for a meeting. dapat pareho ang time sa relo ninyo. dapat synchronized! Place na madalas magkita...Ali Mall, Good Earth Emporium, Escolta, Quiapo Church : - )

Haaay kahit di ako pinanganak ng 70s eh talagang nakikita ko napaka-simple at maganda ang buhay. Mura bilihin at di gaano ma-polusyon dito tulad ngayon ang daming problema, ang taas pa ng bilihin. Ang pinakapa-konsuwelo mo na lang ngayon eh ang internet at celfone

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hay naku, cellphone. wala pa nito nuong 70s kaya kapag may lakad ang barkada, paulit ulit kang pina aalala ang time ng meeting place ninyo. Tapos pag dating sa bahay, tawagan pa at sinisigurado ang time and place kung saan kayo magkikita. Mahirap kasi kung may hindi dumating, no way na malaman mo na hindi siya makakarating. Pero we survived! hahaha. then citizens band came along...........................

Those jeeps can really wake up even the dead whenever they play their music in thoise days before the government cracked down on them and banned stereo systems in public UVs.

 

I remember constantly hearing Deep Purple's Machine Head album played so much--alternating with the SNF sound track......

 

It would have been alright except that the drivers did not know crap on how to setup a system-- too much tweeters and not enough midrange.

 

Sakit sa ulo....

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tama ka diyan. another thing was during the 70s, parang malaking disco yun Raon sa quiapo sa lakas ng tugtog ng bawat music stores.Ang gulo gulo! Good thing was it was banned then pero nag uumpisa na naman ngayon!

oh...i remember the stacks of 8-track cartridges on jeepneys

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OO nga, and one can just imagine how the driver can see through those stacks of tapes in front of him.

I think mas malupit na preparation ang gagawin ni pacman kung si barrera or si marquez ang makakalaban nya.

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This is just what am thinking........so 1-1/2 months of preparation....eh kung sakali,,,KUNG SAKALI....manalo si Pacman sa Congress....does it mean, mag absent siya sa session for 1-1/2 months? kagaya din ng mga ibang congressmen ng puro na lang absent? Kagaya rin ni yeng guiao na di na pumapasok sa capitolyo ng pampanga dahil busy sa coaching? sayang tax money natin. Yeng collects his salary from government tapos tayo pumapasok sa office 7-4 or 8-5 may warning pa kapag 5 days na absent (just thinking)

here's a VST picture from nostalgia manila

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Nice catch! Can you identify kung sino sino mga ito?

Thanks

nadali mo, bro. THE GALLANT MEN tried to match COMBAT but the squad of Sgt. Saunders and Lt. Hanley (tks. to vergaman for that photo)just had a huge following among us kids then...halos makipag patayan pa ako sa Lucky 7 Club para sa t-shirt ni Vic Morrow.

 

Thrilla in Manila in 78 (?)... :cool:

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Ako rin! padala ako ng padal kay Uncle Bob for pictures of Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. Good thing is Uncle Bob honors all letters pati mga classmates ko napadalhan. May autograph pa nga. Dinikit ko sa wall ng bedroom ko pero di ko na alam kung anong nangyari, di ko na makita. Di ko alam may t-shirt din pala. Batman naman yung sticker nun, na kailangan mo pang basain ng tubig sa likod para dumikit sa school bag ko

By the way, sana post naman kayo memorable moments nyo during SUMMER 70s.

That must have been what's often called the "Ruby Tower Earthquake" because of the collapse of the Ruby Tower. That must have been '68 or 69'. We were still so young at the time. My brothers and I were watching TV and so we kept joking about another earthquake, when suddenly there came a strong aftershock! The 1978 earthquake in Lanao was particularly gruesome because of the TV images of dead people, one of whom had his arms up, probably trying to hang on to something as the tsunami hit. BTW, I practically predicted the 1990 quake. I was talking to my Ninang and said we're due for one. Strong quakes in our lovely PI seem to happen in 10-year periods, give or take a few years.

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No, its not the Ruby Tower thing. That earthquake occured at 4 in the morning. I vividly remember that as it was my first quake experience. Sikat na sikat pa nun si Rafael Yabut and Johnny Midnight. What I was referring to was the quake that occured around 1 in the afternoon. Now, I remember na, the P.Gomez High school near Central Market sa Manila collapsed but fortunately , O.D. Corpuz declared the day no classes dahil sa jeepney strike and they were protesting sa Plaza Miranda. It was the second major quake I have experienced in my life. The third was the terrifying 1990 quake. Inabutan ko sa work at 9th floor, Prudential Bank Building (yung bulok na building sa Ayala near the corner of Paseo de Roxas). Akala ko katapusan ko na. That where I felt na hopeless case na. Looked up the window and saw people in Ayala, nakatingala sa akin, ako naman naka dungaw sa kanila.

Dont know if am correct. A powerful earthquake hit Manila around April 1970 ba yun? I only remember then I was having lunch and watching ABSCBNs noontime show WINNER TAKE ALL hosted by ROD NAVARRO when the quake strucked. He said to the audience (live) to keep calm tapos when it became apparent that it was getting stronger, siya ang nanguna sa pagtakbo. But later on the TV showed the tower of ABSCBN swaying during the height of the quake. Good thing there was a general strike ng mga jeepney drivers then if not ang daming nabagsakang student at a school (nag collapse) near us.

Some events of the 70s

1969, Mar 29. The New People's Army, the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is formally organized by Jose Maria Sison and Bernabe Buscayno alias Kumander Dante in Capas, Tarlac.

1969, Oct 29 to Dec 10. Mt Taal issues lava for 42 days.

1969, Nov 7. Marcos and Lopez are re-elected. Marcos garners 5,017,343 votes, his contender, Sergio Osmena, Jr just 3,043,122 votes. The election, in which Marcos campaigns with the slogan "This nation will be great again", has been considered the dirtiest in Philippine history with win-at-all-cost tactics using guns, goons and gold to influence voters allegedly applied by the Marcos camp.

1970. In the first three months, youth activism is born in the so-called first quarter storm. Demonstrations, strikes and riots spring up over issues such as lack of opportunity for the poor, colonial economy, graft and corruption, imperialism, feudalism and capitalism. Violence erupts in two areas in Mindanao, Cotabato and Lanao del Norte provinces. Feliciano Luis, a Christian Ilongo settler in Mindanao organizes a band known as the Ilagas (rats) to attack the Moros. The Moros, on the other hand, have the Blackshirts, the military arm of the Muslim Independence Movement. Both are heavily armed.

1970, Nov 17. An election for 315 members of the Constitutional Convention is held.

1971, Jun 1. The Constitutional Convention assembles to rewrite the 1935 Constitution. The Convention elects former President Carlos Garcia as its head.

1971, Jun 14. Garcia dies and former President Diosdado Macapagal takes over the top position at the Convention.

1971, Aug 21. At about 21:30, Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila is bombed while the Liberal Party is holding a rally proclaiming its candidates for the mid-term senate elections. Ten people are killed and some 100 are injured including 8 senatorial candidates, among them Jovito Salonga. The identity of the perpetrators of the bombing remains unknown.

1971, Aug 22. The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus is suspended by Marcos on the presumption that unlawful elements in The Country had banded together and entered into a conspiracy to commit insurrection and rebellion to overthrow the duly constituted government.

1971, Nov 22. A local election is held. In an incident in Barrio Tacub, Kauswagan, Cotabato del Norte, 40 Muslims are killed by government troops who fire at a bus. The reason for the killing remains unknown. The incident is called the Tacub massacre. It stimulates the brewing rivalry between Christian and Muslim groups.

1972. Suspicious bombing incidents increase all over The Country . The MNLF launches its campaign for the independence of the Muslim provinces.

1972, Sep 21. President Marcos signs the Martial Law Edict (at that time not publicly announced).

1972, Sep 22. At approximately 21:00, Marcos places the entire country under martial law (at that time without the public knowing about it).

1972, Sep 23. At around 12:10, Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is arrested in his room at the Manila Hilton Hotel (now Pavilion). No formal charges are filed against him to justify the arrest. However, he is accused of involvement in subversive activities and imprisoned at Fort Bonifacio in solitary confinement and under strict security. Also arrested are Jovito Salonga, Eva Kalaw, Ramon Mitra, Chino Roces, Eugenio Lopez, Jr, John Osmena and others.

1972, Sep 23. The implementation of martial law is officially announced at about 20:00. Marcos explains that martial law is intended to create a new society through the removal of anarchy and the maintenance of peace and order. Many more people are arrested: politicians and outspoken opponents of Marcos, journalists, teachers and members of labor, student and peasant organizations. 500,000 guns are confiscated. Congress is suspended. A curfew is imposed from 24:00 to 4:00.

1972, Sep 26. The whole country is proclaimed a land reform area and an Agrarian Reform Program is decreed.

1972, Oct 21. Marcos passes the Tenant's Emancipation Patent, intended to launch land transfer to over 450,000 tenants. 183,647 of them receive Land Transfer Certificates, establishing their right to benefit from the land reform, and some 15,000 tenants become amortizing owners.

1972, Oct 21. The first major armed defiance of martial law takes place in Lanao del Sur. Several hundred Moros who are members of the Mindanao Revolutionary Council for Independence attack the Philippine Constabulary headquarters in Marawi City, seize the Mindanao State University and attempt to take the portal bridge on the Marawi-Iligan road.

1972, Oct 22. The battle between the Moros and the government troops ends with the latter regaining control of the city.

1972, Nov 29. The Constitutional Convention passes the new Constitution of the Philippines.

1973. Misuari leaves The Country for Libya to solicit armed support from Muslim countries for the war in Mindanao.

1973, Jan 10. A plebiscite referendum is held among the citizens' assemblies to ratify the new Constitution, to approve Marcos' continuation of martial law, and to place a moratorium on elections for 7 years. The result favors the government's proposal by 95%. Marcos does not earn credibility, however, as the people are not asked directly but are only represented by their barangay officials, many of them in office because of being allied with the Marcos camp.

1973, Apr. The National Democratic Front (NDF), the united front organization of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is formally organized.

1973, Jul 27. A referendum is held and by virtue of its results, President Marcos is allowed to continue in office beyond 1973, the year he would otherwise have become disqualified from running for re-election. There are 15,290,639 yes votes against 462,859 no votes.

1974, Feb 27. A referendum is held in the Greater Manila area to make legitimate the restructuring of the local government. Its result empowers the President to appoint local elective officials with terms expiring Dec 31, 1975. It further allows the President to exercise more power under martial law.

1974, Dec 1. The essay entitled Specific Characteristics of Our People's War, written by Jose Maria Sison under his nom de guerre Amado Guerrero, is published. It deals with Communist strategies and tactics suited to wage a revolutionary war in a country like the Philippines. The strategies and tactics recommended are basically Maoist.

1976, Jan 4. The spokesman of the New Peoples Army and a prominent pre-martial law journalist, Satur Ocampo, is arrested in Olongapo City.

1976, Jul 1. The long essay, Our Urgent Tasks, by Amado Guerrero is published in the first issue of Revolution, the official publication Communist Party of the Philippines. This essay identifies the tactics and strategies for a successful overthrow of what is called the US-Marcos dictatorship and the attainment of socialism.

1976, Aug 26. In Mexico, Pampanga, the NPA head Bernabe Buscayno a.k.a. Kumander Dante is arrested by the military. He is detained at Camp Olivas in San Fernando, Pampanga.

1976, Oct 16. Another plebiscite is held, the result of which allows the President to continue martial law. It also ratifies some amendments to the 1973 constitution, the most anomalous of which is Amendment No. 6. This gives the president awesome powers to issue decrees, orders and letters of instruction which form part of the law of the land. The president can exercise these powers when, in his judgment, there exists a grave emergency or threat thereof, or when either the Interim Batasang Pambansa or the regular National Assembly fail to act adequately.

1976, Dec 23. In Tripoli Libya, the Tripoli Agreement is signed between three parties: the Marcos government, the Moro National Liberation Front and the Organization of Islamic Conference. The Philippine government is represented by Deputy Minister Carmello Barbeiro. Further signatories are Ali Abdulsalaam, Foreign Affairs Minister of Libya, Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front, and Amado Kayem Gayer, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference. The Tripoli Agreement provides for full autonomy of the Muslim region in the southern Philippines, composed of 13 provinces. These provinces are Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao, Davao del Sur, South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Palawan.

1976, Aug 17 An earthquake of 7.8 magnitude and a following tsunami (flood wave) kills 8,000 people on and off the coast of Mindanao.

1977, Jan 20. The Armed Forces of the Philippines enters into a ceasefire agreement with the MNLF. The negotiating panel reaching the agreement, was composed of Romulo Espaldon for the Philippine Armed Forces, Hashim Salamat, a MNLF leader operating in Lanao and Tawi-Tawi provinces, and Dimas Pundato, another MNLF leader operating in Basilan.

1977, Mar 4. President Marcos issues a decree creating the autonomous Bangsa Moro Islamic Government which gives autonomy to the 13 provinces and calls for the withdrawal of all armed forces of the government. Regions 9 and 12 become autonomous but remain separated from each other.

1977, Aug 17. A referendum is held in the 13 Muslim provinces, regarding their merger. The result of the referendum does not favor the merger, and therefore it is not implemented, a fact that violates the Tripoli Agreement.

1977, Nov 10. The CPP head Jose Maria Sison is arrested in Pangasinan by the military and detained in the Military Security Command Unit in Fort Bonifacio.

1977, Dec 16. A referendum is held, the result of which again empowers the President to continue in office, and to become Prime Minister as well. Marcos' proposals are shown to be supported by no less than 92% of the voters.

1978. Due to the arrest of Bernabe Buscayno and Jose Maria Sison in 1976 and 1977 respectively, Rodolfo Salas takes over the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

1978, Apr 8. Members of the Interim Batasang Pambansa, a temporary parlament, are elected. There are 200 seats, of which 165 are elective and 35 appointive; 14 are reserved for various functional sectors. Of the 165 elected candidates, 113 belong to the administration party. The other 42 come from various opposition parties.

1979, Jul 15. President Marcos issues as presidential decree a charter for the autonomous regions, creating regional legislative assemblies and executive councils.

1980, Jan 30. Local elections are held in conjunction with a plebiscite to amend the constitution. The constitional amendment sets 70 years as retirement age for members of the Supreme Court as well as judges of inferior courts.