Wednesday, July 09, 2008 GenSan named anew as most competitive mid-sized city
GENERAL Santos City was named anew as most competitive mid-sized city of the Philippines, along with six other cities, in the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2007 of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Project Center.
GenSan City Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. received the award in a simple ceremony on July 4, at the Grand Ballroom of the Intercontinental Hotel in Makati City, Metro Manila.
This is the third time the "Tuna Capital" was accorded such honors by AIM Policy Center. The first time was in 2000 as the Most Competitive City in the Philippines and two years later, when it was ranked as the Most Competitive Mid-Sized City.
This year, however, among a field of 35 contender-cities, it has to share the title with six other medium-sized cities.
And so the country's most competitive cities for 2007 are (in alphabetical order):
* Cabanatuan City
* General Santos City
* Lucena City
* Olongapo City
* San Pablo City
* Tagum City
* Tarlac City
The awardees for the Most Competitive Metro Cities are:
* Davao City
* Makati City
* City of Manila
* Marikina City
* Lapu-lapu City
* Quezon City
And lastly, the Most Competitive Small-Sized Cities are:
* Bayawan City
* Calapan City
* Calbayog City
* Dagupan City
* Dipolog City
* Laoag City
* Malaybalay City
* Naga City
* San Fernando City (La Union)
* Surigao City
* Tagbilaran City
* Tuguegarao City
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