Bacolod is Known as The City of Smiles

BACOLOD

Bacolod can be found in Western Visayas.

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Bacolod, often referred to as Bacolod City, is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it.

It is notable for its MassKara Festival held during the third week of October and is known for being a relatively friendly city, as it bears the nickname “The City of Smiles”. The city is also famous for its local delicacies piaya and chicken inasal.

In 2008, Bacolod topped a survey by MoneySense Magazine as the “Best Place to Live in the Philippines”. The city has also been declared by the Department of Science and Technology as a “center of excellence” for information technology and business process management operations. In 2017, Bacolod was awarded as the “Top Philippine Model City” by The Manila Times. Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacolod

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Bacolod is the Philippines’ third fastest growing economy in terms of information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) activities. The city has been recommended by the Information and Communication Technology Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) as the best location in the Visayas for BPO activities. Bacolod ranked 3rd among the top ten “Next Wave Cities” of the Philippines for the best location for BPO and offshoring according to a 2010 report of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology. In 2013, the city was declared a “center of excellence” for IT-business process management operations by the DOST, joining the ranks of Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Clark Freeport Zone. Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacolod

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According to the “Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2005” of Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Bacolod tops the list in terms of infrastructure, ahead of such other mid-size cities like Iligan, Calamba and General Santos. The city also tops the list in terms of quality of life, ahead of such other mid-size cities like San Fernando, Baguio, Iloilo and Lipa. AIM also recognized Bacolod as one of the Top Five most competitive mid-size cities together with Batangas, Iligan, Iloilo, and San Fernando.

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