Settling the battle for Fort Bonifacio

By J. Albert Gamboa

May 12, 2023 12:10 am

The facility was renamed Fort Bonifacio in 1957 under the administration of President Carlos P. Garcia. It subsequently became the permanent headquarters of the Philippine Army and the Philippine Marine Corps. A month before he was overthrown through the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986, President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued Proclamation 2475, which stated that Fort Bonifacio belonged to Makati.

In 1992, President Corazon C. Aquino signed Republic Act 7227 creating the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to administer former US military bases such as Clark Air Base in Pampanga, Camp John Hay in Baguio and Wallace Air Station in La Union. Her successor, President Fidel V. Ramos, issued Executive Order 40 later that year placing 240 hectares of Fort Bonifacio under the BCDA.

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