Bacolod ranks 3rd among PH’s fastest-growing economies

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — This city ranked third among the country’s highly urbanized cities with the fastest-growing economies in 2025, according to Mayor Greg Gasataya. Gasataya, citing the 2025 Provincial Product Accounts report of the Philippine Statistics Authority, said in a Facebook post on Aug. 29 that Bacolod’s economy grew by 6.8 percent