CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP), Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, expressed his gratitude to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) for its invaluable contribution to the military’s modernization during a Forum on Monday, September 19, at the New Clark City.
The Chief of Staff said that the BCDA has contributed Php25.01-billion to the AFP Modernization Program from 2017 to 2022 alone.
“As such, on behalf of the men and women of the AFP, I express my wholehearted gratitude to the management of the BCDA for your invaluable contribution to building a stronger, more credible, and more capable Armed Forces,” Lt. Gen. Bacarro said.
The CSAFP was the Guest of Honor in the Forum on the Role of BCDA in the AFP Modernization Program. He was welcomed by BCDA Chairman and former Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and top BCDA executives including its President and CEO, Aileen Anunciacion Zosa.
The participants were briefed on the BCDA mandate, plans and programs, and projects for the New Clark City. The BCDA also reported that, as of May 2022, it has remitted to the Bureau of Treasury a total of Php 80.46-billion since its creation in 1992.
“As the CSAFP, I reaffirm the AFP’s commitment to sustain the engagement between our institutions to further strengthen and enrich our partnership for more productive collaborations in the future,” Lt. Gen. Bacarro added./// (Photos by PO3 Viluan Ret/PAO, AFP)
