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Post by fots2 on Aug 6, 2012 22:25:35 GMT 8
fireball,
These tunnels are currently off limits. The main entrance beside Market! Market! is watched over by mall security. It would not be a good situation if you did get down there and security put the steel plates back over the entrance thinking someone left it uncovered.
There is a better option and it involves entering the tunnels with permission. Since there is the potential for doing more than just a risky onetime trip, I am trying to explore that avenue. I do not want to screw up what may be an interesting opportunity. This is taking time though.
One little side note for you. A little more than two weeks ago, a friend of mine who often passes by Market! Market! called me and said that three police cars and an ambulance were now in front of the main tunnel entrance. We have no idea why but it appears that someone or ones were having a bad day. Its best to play it safe.
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Post by fots2 on Aug 6, 2012 22:28:33 GMT 8
sherwino, I have been wondering what happened there too but as you say, there has never been an update. Perhaps it turned out to be a sink hole or cave-in of some sort so not worthy of another story. We could start a rumor to get people fired up. Say that it is hush hush until all the gold has been removed.
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Post by fots2 on Aug 7, 2012 0:17:43 GMT 8
Hi Patty,
Sorry about your ‘real’ work interruption.
I hope you do not grade my grammar. Factor in my inability to type and I would surely get an ‘F’.
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Post by sherwino on Aug 7, 2012 7:59:31 GMT 8
Fots, I was thinking of the same, too. A media blackout upon the orders of someone higher. A large number of the population has been bitten by the gold bug. I'm not familiar enough with Fort McKinley, is it far from Edsa Guadalupe?
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Post by fots2 on Aug 7, 2012 9:37:19 GMT 8
sherwino, The straight-line distance from the Fort Bonifacio Tunnel main entrance to EDSA (at Guadalupe) is 2km. I have read that a tunnel used to go to the Pasig River but I have no information that this is true. Since the Pasig passes through Guadalupe then you bring up a good point. Imagine the fun we could have if we had access to such places...
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Post by tomasctt on Sept 28, 2012 9:24:00 GMT 8
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Post by EXO on Sept 28, 2012 17:48:28 GMT 8
Gov't to develop Fort Bonifacio tunnel into heritage site
By Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) September 28, 2012
MANILA, Philippines - Underneath C-5, on the eastern portion of Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, a tunnel 30 meters deep and 2.24 kilometers long is waiting to be restored.
The tunnel has 32 built-in chambers and two passable exits, one leading to Barangay Pembo and the other to Barangay East Remo.
Called the Fort Bonifacio War Tunnel, it was intended to serve as a stockroom during World War II, and was used to transport supplies. Most of the workers employed in the digging were Igorots from Baguio.
The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) might seek assistance from the private sector to develop the tunnel into a heritage site.
BCDA president and chief executive officer Arnel Casanova said the government has previously worked with the private sector in developing parks and monuments.
“We may tap the private sector for the project. There is a need to preserve the heritage and promote the history that once played a vital role in regaining our freedom and democracy,” he said.
Casanova said many developments in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig were undertaken with the help of private groups like the Bonifacio Arts Foundation.
The tunnel was first dug up in 1936, a year after the establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth.
Journalists yesterday toured the tunnel, which is now illuminated with orange lights. The tunnel’s floor was muddy and its walls were filled with graffiti.
Casanova said the conversion of the underground passageway into a heritage site would contribute to the country’s tourism industry.
He said the project would honor the sacrifices of Filipino soldiers and make the Philippines “a bastion of freedom and democracy in the whole of Asia.”
Casanova said the BCDA and other state agencies are now crafting the master plan that would detail how the tunnel would be developed.
“It should be able to generate revenues to sustain its maintenance,” Casanova said, adding that construction work may begin next year or early 2014.
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Post by fots2 on Sept 29, 2012 15:23:34 GMT 8
Hi tomasctt,
I want to go too but I am pretty sure the tunnel is not open to visitors yet. I will keep an eye on this one for a future visit.
PM sent.
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Post by batteryboy on Feb 25, 2014 15:34:34 GMT 8
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Post by The Phantom on Feb 27, 2014 8:14:47 GMT 8
Maybe some scuba gear is required also "pawis-boy" Nice shots Tony, thanks.
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