MARCOS ACHIEVEMENTS

list of infrastructures built during Marcos’ time

1. Cultural Center of the Philippines

Established through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1966 by President Ferdinand Marcos, the CCP
provides performance and exhibition venues for various local and international productions at
its 62-hectare (150-acre) complex located in the Cities of Pasay and Manila. The Cultural
Center of the Philippines was opened on September 8, 1969, three days before the President
Marcos’ 52nd birthday.

2. The Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (Folk Arts Theater)

Famous concerts are usually staged in this covered amphitheater which has a seating capacity
of 8,458 with ten sections. More commonly known by its original name of Folk Arts Theater,
the building was originally built to seat an audience of 10,000 and was commissioned by then
First Lady Imelda Marcos in 1974 for the Miss Universe Pageant, which was to be held in
Manila. Inaugurated on July 7, 1974, the theater was built in record time of seventy-seven
days in time for the pageant and was designed by Leandro V. Locsin. For development
purposes, it is subject to be torn down in the future.

3. Philippine International Convention Center

This state-of-the-art convention center located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines
complex in Pasay, Metro Manila, has been the host of numerous local and foreign
conventions, meetings, and social affairs. The Central Bank of the Philippines (now Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas) was authorized by Presidential Decree No. 520 to construct an
international conference building, acquire a suitable area for that purpose, and organize a
corporation to manage a conference center. Thus, the PICC was organized under the
Corporation Code. In a short span of 23 months, from November 1974 to September 1976,
construction of the PICC Complex was undertaken with Leandro Locsin as architect, who
was later on named a National Artist. The complex was inaugurated on September 5, 1976.
 4. Makiling Center for the Arts(National Arts Center)

Located in Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, The National Arts Center was established in
1976 by First Lady Imelda Marcos as a sanctuary for young and aspiring Filipino artists. Its
various buildings and facilities are scattered over 13.5 hectares of the Makiling Forest
Reservation and also houses the Philippine High School for the Arts.

5. Nayong Pilipino

Nayong Pilipino was built from scratch in 1969 through the patronage of former First Lady
Imelda Marcos. It is on its fourth product cycle in almost 50 years. A 32-acre theme park
which is about 10-minute drive from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that
features scaled-down replicas of the country’s top tourist destinations such as Mayon
Volcano, the Banaue Rice Terraces and the Chocolate Hills. It also highlights Filipino
creativity in arts and crafts. But after 32 years of operation, Asia’s first theme park was
forced to close its doors in 2001 and was removed from its original site near the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport I. In 2006 President Gloria M Arroyo gave Nayong Pilipino a
new home in Clark as a major attraction of the Centennial Expo. In March 2012, the Aquino
administration breathed new life into Nayong Pilipino with a new Memorandum of
Agreement between Clark Development Corporation and the Nayong Piilpino Foundation.

6. People’s Park in the Sky

Built in 1981 during the Marcos regime, it was to serve as a guest house for then U.S.
President Ronald Reagan who was set to visit the Philippines. The visit never transpired due
to the EDSA People Power and the Marcoses being ousted. Located within the park is The
Shrine of Our Lady, Mother of Fair Love and a doppler weather radar station maintained by
the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA).

7. Philippine Heart Center

Originally named as Philippine Heart Center for Asia , the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon
City was established through Presidential Decree No. 673 issued by President Ferdinand E.
Marcos in 1975. Inaugurated on February 14, 1975, cardiovascular specialists including
Christian Barnard, Denton Cooley, Donald Effler, and Charles Bailey practiced at the
center. The first Director of the PHC was Avenilo P. Aventura (1974-1986), a cardiovascular
surgeon who performed many pioneering operations in the Philippines including the first
successful renal transplantation in 1970, the first CABG in 1972, and developed and
implanted the first ASEAN bioprosthesis, the PHCA porcine valve. The first patient to be
admitted to the PHC was Imelda Francisco, on April 14, 1975.

8. Lung Center of the Philippines

Under Presidential Decree No. 1823 by President Ferdinand Marcos, the Lung Center of the
Philippines was established on January 16, 1981 to provide health care that specifically
targets lung and pulmonary disease. It is located in Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. It was later
placed under the administration of the Ministry of Health by President Corazon Aquino on
July 29, 1986 under Executive Order No. 34. A fire on May 16, 1998 destroyed much of the
center’s build and equipment. It was reopened on March 1, 1999 and a new building partly
funded by its fire insurance is now under construction.

9. The National Kidney and Transplant Institute

Formerly known as the National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines, the institute was
established on January 16, 1981 as tertiary referral hospital that also offers voluntary blood
services. Located in Quezon City, the 2-storey institute is constructed of three buildings
(Main, Annex and Dialysis Center) connected to each other.

San Juanico Bridge

A Part of the Pan-Philippine Highway, the San Juanico Bridge stretches from Samar to Leyte
across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines. Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct
built on reinforced concrete piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design. With a
total length of 2.16 kilometers (1.34 mi), it is the longest bridge in the Philippines spanning a
body of seawater. Construction commenced in 1969 over San Juanico Strait from Cabalawan,
Tacloban City to the municipality of Santa Rita, Samar, with completion in 1973.
A lot of Marcos’ infrastructures today still stand like the Cultural Center of the Philippines,
Philippine Heart Center and the San Juanico bridge because the people behind these
infrastructures still believe that the mission of either providing a venue for exhibition or
performance, giving aid to the sick and connecting people is not over. Until now, these
infrastructures continue to help our economy in their own aspect. Some of them are
recognized landmarks that help sectors of the economy like the real estate market by
increasing the value of homes or properties nearby or accessibility to establishments.

It’s not always easy to see the good in spite of the bad, particularly because there are events
which happen that we may never fully understand. The infrastructures that the Marcos
administration has left us is a reminder that we should all start building something good in
spite of hard times. A good foundation with the right maintenance can lead to productivity.

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More Accomplishments

Marcos completed Power plants in 20 years

1). Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, completed 1983

2) Leyte Geothermal Power Plant, completed 1977

3)Makiling-Banahaw Geothermal Power Plant, completed 1979

4) Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant, completed 1980

5) Angat Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1967

6)Kalayaan Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1982

7) Magat A Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1984

8)Magat B Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1984

9)Pantabangan Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1977

10)Agus 2 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1979

11)Agus 4 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1985

12) Agus 5 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1985

13) Agus 7 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1982

14) Pulangi Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1985

15) Agus 6 Hydro Electric Power plant, recommissioned in 1977

16)Masiway Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1980

17) Main Magat Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1983

18)Calaca Coal Power PlantCompleted in 1984

19) Cebu Thermal Power Plant completed in 1981

20) Palinpinon 1 Southern Negros

Geothermal production Field completed in 1983.

***Not mentioned are diesel plants**

Cory Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, Gloria Macapagal, Ninoy Aquino III COMBINED in 26 years: ZERO

Every new power plant built During their time were all privately Owned (mostly by Lopezes, AboitIz,
Aquino And Cojuangco Family) and is now owners of some Power Plants completed during Marcos.

Marcos completed Bridge projects in 20 years

1) Biliran Bridge150 meters long of Leyte, completed 1975

2) Buntun Bridge 1369 meters long of Tuguegarao-Solana, Cagayan, completed 1974

3) Candaba Viaduct Pulilan 5000 meters long of Bulacan-San Simon, Pampanga, completed 1976

4)Mactan-Mandaue Bridge 864 meters long of Lapu-Lapu-Mandaue, Cebu 1972

5) Magapit Suspension Bridge 449 meters long of Lal-lo, Cagayan completed 1978
6)Mawo Bridge 280 meters long Victoria, Northern Samar completed 1970

7) Patapat Viaduct 1300 meters long Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte completed 1986

9)San Juanico Bridge 2060 meters long Tacloban, Leyte-Santa Rita, Samar. Completed 1973

Not to mention the unnamed hundreds of bridges under 100 meters long.

TOTAL LENGTH = 11472 meters long

Marcos Established/Founded State Colleges/Universities in 20 years

1)Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University in La Union founded in 1981

2)Mariano Marcos State University in Ilocos Norte founded in 1978

3)Kalinga-Apayao State College in Tabuk Kalinga founded in 1970

4)Abra State Institute of Science and Technology in Abra founded in 1983

5)Pangasinan State University founded in 1979

6)University of Northern Philippines founded in 1965

7)Philippine State College of Aeronautics founded in 1969

8)Cagayan State University established in 1978

9)Quirino State University established 1976

10)Isabela State University established 1978

11)Pampanga Agricultural College established 1974

12)Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology-Calapan City established 1966

13)Occidental Mindoro State College established 1966

14)Palawan State University established 1965

15)Bicol University established 1969

16)Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges established 1983

17)Rizal Technological University established 1969

18)Technological University of the Philippines established 1971

19)Capiz State University 1980

20)Guimaras State College 1968

21)Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology established 1971

22)West Visayas State University became established as university in January 1986

23)Leyte Normal University 1976

24)SLSU- (Southern Leyte State University) - Sogod 1969

25)SLSU- Hinunangan 1975

26)SLSU- Tomas Oppus feb. 1 1986

27)SLSU- Bontoc 1983

28)SLSU- San Juan 1983

29)Basilan State College 1984

30)Western Mindanao State University became a university in 1978 followed with building the
satellite campuses in:

WMSU-Alicia campus, Zamboanga del Sur

WMSU-Aurora campus, Zamboanga del Sur

WMSU Curuan, Zamboanga City

WMSU-Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSU-Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSU-Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSU-Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSU-Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSU-Molave, Zamboanga del Sur

WMSU-Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSUOlutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSU-Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur

WMSU-Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur

WMSU-San Ramon, Zamboanga City

WMSU-Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay

WMSU-Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay

31)Central Mindanao University established 1965

32)Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology established 1983

33)Northwestern Mindanao State College of Science and Technology estbalished 1971

34)Davao del Norte School of Fisheries established 1969 ( now known as Davao del Norte State
College)

35)Mati Community College (MCC) founded in 1972 (now known as Davao Oriental State College of
Science and Technology)

36)Malita Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology founded 1966 now known as

37)Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology

38)University of Southeastern Philippines established 1978

39)Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology established 1967

40) Cotabato City State Polytechnic College established 1983

41)Mindanao state university- Iligan city founded 1968

42)Mindanao state university- Gensan city founded 1971

43)Surigao del Sur State University founded 1982

44)Surigao Del Norte School of Arts and Trades (Founded in 1969) now known as Surigao State
College of Technology

45)Sulu State College founded in 1982

46)Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College founded in 1975

47)Adiong Memorial Polytechnic State College founded in 1970's

48) Makati Polytechnic Community College- Technical High School founded in 1972

(that i have found so far) out of 108 state universities and colleges are established and accomplished
projects of FERDINAND E MARCOS. He also improved and re equipped the remaining colleges/
Universities that were established/ founded before 1965.

Cory Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, Gloria Macapagal, Ninoy Aquino III combined Established/Founded
State Colleges/Universities in 26 years:

ZERO- the remaining of 108 State Colleges/Universities are built and founded before 1965. They
though renamed few Colleges and Universities and Refounded them after 1986.

National Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC) founded 1976. Now changed to TESDA to discredit
Apo Marcos.

Few in not a fraction of high schools all over the Philippines. Built and founded during Marcos
leadership

1) Amlan Municipal High School was established 1972

2) Amparo High School was established in 1979

3) Aplaya National High School was established 1969

4) Balayan National High School (BNHS) established 1985

5) Balibago National High School established 1970

6) Bayugan National Comprehensive High School established 1980

7) Buenavista National High School established 1972

Dalupaon National High School established 1972

9) Don Emilio Macias Memorial National High School established 1982

10) Dona Francisca Lacsamana de Ortega Memorial National High School established 1972

11) Dr. Juan G. Nolasco High School established 1966

12) Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School established 1969

13) Francisco P. Felix Memorial National High School (FPFMNHS) established 1973

14) Gen. T. de Leon National High School establsihed 1969

15) Ismael Mathay, Sr. High School, formerly called the GSIS Village High School established 1971

16) Jose Borromeo Legaspi Memorial National High School established 1981

17) Kaong National High School 1974

18) Lawang Bato National High School established 1967

19) Liloy National High School established 1974

20) Mag-aba National High School established 1977

21) Mandaluyong High School established 1977

22) Navotas National High School established 1983

23) Parañaque National High School (Main Campus) (Formerly known as Parañaque Municipal High
School) established 1969

24) Pasay City North High School established in 1969

25) Pedro E. Diaz High School established 1977

26) Philippine High School for the Arts established 1977

27) Pinagtongulan National High School established 1967

28) Punta National High School established 1971

29) San Juan National High School established 1968

30) San Mateo National High School established 1985

31) San Pablo City National High School established 1969

32) San Pedro Relocation Center National High School established 1970

33) San Ramon National High School established 1967

34)Tabon M. Estrella National High School established 1981

35) Makati Polytechnic Community College- Technical High School founded in 1972

36) Tomas Cabili National High school Iligan city 1971

37) Dasmarinas National high School 1971

I. Food sufficiency

A. Green Revolution

Production of rice was increased through promoting the cultivation of IR-8 hybrid rice. In 1968 the
Philippines became self-sufficient in rice, the first time in history since the American period. It also
exported rice worth US$7 million.

B. Blue Revolution

Marine species like prawn, mullet, milkfish, and golden tilapia were being produced and distributed to
farmers at a minimum cost. Today, milkfish and prawns contribute substantially to foreign exchange
income.

C. Liberalized Credit

More than one thousand rural banks spread all over the country resulting to the accessibility of credit
to finance purchase of agricultural inputs, hired labor, and harvesting expenses at very low interest
rate. During 1981-1985, credit was available without interest and collateral arrangements.

Some of the credit programs were the ff:

1. Biyayang Dagat (credit support for fishermen)

2. Bakahang Barangay –supported fattening of 40,000 head of cattle in farmer backyards

3. Masaganang Maisan, Maisagana, and Expanded Yellow Corn Program –supported 1.4 Million
farmers through P4.7 Billion loans from 1975-1985

4. Gulayan sa Kalusugan and Pagkain ng Bayan Programs –provided grants and loans of P12.4
Million to encourage backyard and communal production of vegetables and improve nutrition of
Filipino households

5. Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (KKK)— supported 25,000 entrepreneurial projects through

P1.8 Billion and helping 500,000 beneficiaries

D. Decontrol Program

Price control polices were implemented on rice and corn to provide greater incentive to farmers to
produce more. Deregulation of trading in commodities like sugar and coconut and agricultural inputs
like fertilizer were done for more efficient marketing and trading arrangements.

II. Education Reform

Access to free education widened during the Marcos Administration. The biggest portion of the
budget was allotted for Educational Programs (P58.7 Billion in 20 years).

The literacy rate climbed from 72% in 1965 to 93% in 1985 and almost 100% in Metro Manila on the
same year.

III. Agrarian Reform

Tenant’s Emancipation Act of 1972 or PD 27 was implemented without bloodshed. This was the first
Land Reform Code our country. Since it was implemented until December 1985, 1.2 million farmers
benefited, either they became the owner or leaseholder in more than 1.3 million hectares of rice and
corn lands.

IV. Primary Health Care

The Primary Health Care (PHC) Program made medical care accessible to millions of Filipinos in the
remotest barrios of the country. This program was even awarded by United Nations as the most
effective and most responsive health program among the third world countries. With PHC life
expectancy increased from 53.7 years in 1965 to 65 years in 1985. Infant mortality rate also declined
from 73 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1965 to 58 in 1984.

V. Housing for the masses

Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services (BLISS) Housing project had expanded the
government’s housing program for the low-income group.
Massive slum upgrading projects have improved to 14,000 lots in 1985 from 2,500 in 1976. The
Tondo foreshore, for instance, is one of the biggest and most miserable slum colonies in Asia was
transformed into a decent community.

A total of 230,000 housing units were constructed from 1975-1985. The laws on socialized housing
were conceptualized by President Marcos through a series of legal issuances from the funding, the
lending, mortgaging and to the collection of the loans. These are governed by the Home Mutual
Development Fund (Pag-Ibig Fund), the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and the
National Home Mortgage Finance which remain intact up to the present

VI. Energy Self-Reliance

Indigenous energy sources were developed like hydro, geothermal, dendrothermal, coal, biogas and
biomass.

The country became the first in Asia to use dendrothermal and in five years we became number two,
next to US, in geothermal utilization. The extensive energy resource research and exploration and
development resulted to reduction of oil imports from 100% in 1965 to 40% in 1985 and in the same
year, more than 1,400 towns and cities were fully energized.

VII. Export Development

During 1985 textile and textile products like garments and embroideries, furniture and rattan products,
marine products like prawns and milkfish, raw silk, shoes, dehydrated and fresh fruits were exported
aside from the traditional export products like coconut, sugar, logs, lumber and veneer. The maritime
industry was also dominated by Filipinos wherein 50,000 seamen were employed by various world
shipping companies.

VIII. Labor Reform

The Labor code was promulgated which expanded the concerns of the Magna Carta of Labor to
extend greater protection to labor, promote employment, and human resource development.

The minimum wages of the workers were boosted through the guaranteed 13th month pay and cost of
living allowances. Employment potentials of Filipinos were enhanced through skills training. During
that time, there were 896,000 out-of-school youths and unemployed graduated from various training
centers all over the country.

IX. Unprecedented Infrastructure Growth

The country’s road network had improved from 55,778 kilometers in 1965 to 77,950 in five years
(1970), and eventually reached 161,000 kilometers in 1985. Construction of irrigation facilities was
also done that made 1.5 million hectares of land irrigated and increased the farmer’s harvest and
income.

In addition, nationwide telecommunication systems— telephone systems, telex exchange too centers,
and interprovincial toll stations were also built.
X. Political Reform

The structure of government established by President Marcos remains substantially the same except
the change of name, inclusive of superficial features in laws, to give a semblance of change from that
of President Marcos regime.

The only significant department that was abolished after the departure of President Marcos was the
Department of Ministry of Human Settlements under Imelda Romualdez Marcos. It was dismantled
but the functions were distributed to different offices.

XII. Fiscal Reform

Government finances were stabilized by higher revenue collections and loans from treasury bonds,
foreign lending institutions and foreign governments.

XI. Peace and Order

In 1966, more than 100 important smugglers were arrested; in three years 1966-68 they arrested a total
of 5,000. Military men involved in smuggling were forced to retire. Peace and order significantly
improved in most provinces however situations in Manila and some provinces continued to deteriorate
until the imposition of martial law in 1972.

What ever happened to these?

Did the suceeding administration just forego these just because it had Marcos’ signature?

These,though made in the 1970's address problems that we are facing today.

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