Transformational task

For over three weeks now, the news has been centered on the negative: the questionable, if not altogether ghost, flood control project; online gambling; and the recent unceremonious departure of four-star Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III.

- FIL C. SIONIL

Yes, Virginia, all these developing issues are negative, not to mention heartbreaking, as we, ordinary citizens, suffer from the effects of the weather while those involved in these anomalous flood control projects seem nonchalant.

Let’s go positive and light this time.

The recent long weekend brought me on an easy, smooth road trip, with the first stop in San Fernando, Pampanga, and then a drive down to the former U.S. military stronghold of Subic in Zambales.

This experience sparked my curiosity to look into the performance of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), a government-owned and controlled corporation in charge of transforming former military bases into premier centers of economic growth in partnership with the private sector.

There’s no more to be said about the success of its landmark project, the Bonifacio Global City (BGC), which is currently a sought-after address and has redefined urban living.