Call it trite, but the late parents of Bayani “BF” Fernando really named their son in Tagalog word that means a “hero.”
His initials should actually be “BFF” because his late mother was Remedios Flores. But BF became not just a household name but as the more popular brand name of a “hands-on” public servant.“Bayan,” in the English language means country. To BF’s heart, mind, and in deeds, he dearly loved his country.
Unfortunately, it did not pass muster in the previous Congress during his two consecutive terms at the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022. Following the tradition of his parents, BF named their only child, daughter Tala, or the Tagalog word for star. She is married and has three sons with John Paul L. Ang, the eldest son of San Miguel Corp. president and chief executive officer Ramon Ang.
BF served as the Mayor of Marikina for three consecutive terms from 1992 to 2001. By the time he stepped down from office, BF has been able to transform Marikina into a model bustling city in Metro Manila. It was his long stint at the MMDA that he introduced traffic engineering interventions to solve the gridlocks in Metro Manila. As the MMDA chief, he paved the construction of pedestrian overpasses at road intersections. Called footbridges, BF had them all painted in color pink, including the makeshift urinals for men along the streets.
While concurrently serving as MMDA chairman, Mrs. Arroyo designated BF to briefly served as Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways from January 15 until April 15, 2003. While in the Cabinet, the triumvirate of karaoke-loving Cabinet officials led by him, the late National Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes, and Interior and Local Government Secretary Jose Lina formed their own version of the internationally famous opera singers “Three Tenors.
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