picked Bacolod City as the most business-friendly local government unit outside Metro Manila, besting 10 other finalists in the highly urbanized city category of the nationwide search.
The 2021 recognition came 14 years after Bacolod won a similar accolade in 2007, also with Leonardia as mayor. The city has been a consistent national finalist of the PCCI award in the last four years since 2017, said Bacolod's information office. The PCCI's awards committee cited the Bacolod City government for its efforts to keep the local economy afloat despite the COVID-19 crisis.
Previously, the Department of the Interior and Local Government recognized the city government with the Seal of Good Local Governance, a measure that gives LGUs and its employees incentives or performance-based bonuses.
Bacolod is a friendly city too Godbless Bacolodians 😊
Recount!!! Nandaya! Sigurado isa sa mga siyudad sa Ilocos Norte ang nanalo!