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 1. Greatly improved
accessibility through an airport that connects to the city to Manila
8 times daily through 3 major airlines and a seaport for large cargo
and passenger vessels in addition to the fast sea crafts cruising
the waters between Iloilo and Bacolod.
2. Upbeat local economy
and unlimited opportunities for trade and investments because the
city is home to a high percentage of the Philippines’ top 20
corporations;
3. Intensified
initiatives towards agri-based diversification like the production
of food items, mucovado sugar, organic fertilizers, light farm
equipment and home décor;
4. Acclaimed as the Most
Business Friendly City in the Philippines in 2007 by the Philippine
Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
5. Inexpensive cost of
doing business with numerous amenities, facilities and available
opportunities;
6. Effective maintenance
of clean and green surroundings as evidenced by a HALL OF FAME AWARD
as the Cleanest and Greenest Highly Urbanized City in the
Philippines.
7. Low percentage of
illegal settlers.
8. A Systematic traffic
planning that offers the luxury of driving through the wide roads in
a highly urbanized center;
9. Now considered as the
Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing hub of
Western Visayas with the presence of 8 major call centers.
10. Strong involvement
and partnership between the government and various private
stakeholders plus that legendary hospitality and cuisine that make
Bacolod City an ideal place to visit, to work in and much more to
live in this lifetime.
11. A stable peace and
order condition where incidence of crime is low, there is high
police visibility and a crime solution of 97%.
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