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Fort William McKinley, now Fort Bonifacio, was established during the Philippine–American War in 1901. The land is situated south of the Pasig River , down to the creek Alabang , near Manila. It was declared a U.S. military reservation by U.S. Secretary of War Elihu Root , expropriating the land owned by Captain Juan Gonzales without ...
When Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under martial law in 1972, Fort Bonifacio became the host of three detention centers full of political prisoners - the Ipil Reception Center (sometimes called the Ipil Detention Center), a higher security facility called the Youth Rehabilitation Center (YRC), [5] and the Maximum Security Unit where Senators Jose W. Diokno and Benigno Aquino Jr. were ...
Philippine Scouts at Fort McKinley (called today Fort Bonifacio) firing a 37-mm antitank gun in training. During the American colonial period, the US government acquired a 25.78-square-kilometer (9.95 sq mi) property within what was then disputed area between Makati, Taguig and Pateros for military purposes.
Lawton Avenue, also known as Fort Bonifacio–Nichols Field Road and Nichols Field Road, [1] is the main road in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.It follows a part of the alignment of the old Nichols route running roughly southwest to northeast from Sales Interchange to 5th Avenue and the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
The Bonifacio Capital District (BCD) is a financial district in Metro Manila, Philippines under the joint management of Megaworld Corporation and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority. It covers the southern area of Fort Bonifacio with the Bonifacio Global City district situated north of the BCD, with McKinley Hill under the ...
The Fort McKinley Tunnel was intended for the creation of an underground aerial bombing-free Air Warning Service of the Army Air Force known as “The Fort McKinley Project”. It was to be a part of the modernization of the country's communication facilities. Digging for the tunnel began in October 1941. [4]
Post Proper Southside, also known as Post Proper South Fort Bonifacio, Barangay 31, or simply Southside, is one of the 38 barangays of Taguig, Philippines. It is one of the ten Embo barangays, and one of the two Inner Fort Bonifacio barangays, the other one being the Post Proper Northside .
In November 21, 2017, the Senate selected Fort Bonifacio in Taguig as the site of the new Senate building taking into account various factors such as accessibility, costs, and opinion poll from Senate employees. [12] [13] Antipolo in Rizal was the other option considered.