foto Ben Kritz

The controversy that erupted last week when the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) pronounced that the brand-new SM Aura Premier in Fort Bonifacio was “illegally built” has quickly vanished from the public’s awareness, but the chaotic conflict between the BCDA, the City of Taguig, and development juggernaut SM remains a deeply troubling and unresolved problem. The issue is troubling not so much because of who may be right or wrong in the dispute, but because it is yet another signal of lingering inefficiency and institutional capriciousness on the part of the government in monitoring and regulating big-ticket projects.

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