ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Beng Climaco on Wednesday said Zamboanga City was adjudged as the most improved among cities and municipalities in Western Mindanao for its strong performance in the competitiveness index.
She said the award was given by the Regional Competitiveness Committee led by the Department of Trade and Industry on Tuesday. “The award gave distinction to Zamboanga’s giant leap forward in overall competitiveness ranking based on the results released during the 3rd Regional Competitiveness Summit in July last year,” Climaco said.
Zamboanga rose from Rank 74 in 2014 to Rank 15 in 2015 among highly urbanized cities and 14th among all cities in the country. Climaco largely credited the “hard work and resiliency of the people of Zamboanga” as instrumental in the performance of the local government in the competitiveness index.
“Our story is really a story of God’s grace, hard work, and resiliency. We continually support the CMCI (Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index) and we hope to have more in the national competition so that we will not only gauge our winning, but we will also be able to gauge our competencies within us and within the other cities. Much work has to be done. With hard work, perseverance, and God’s grace, we will achieve more,” she said.
Climaco said Zamboanga City also received plaques of recognition for its top rank performances in the infrastructure category – Rank 3 – and as a highly urbanized City Rank 15.
The CMCI is an annual ranking of cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council in 2013 with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development through Project – INVEST. The index measures economic dynamism, government efficiency, and infrastructure of a local government.
For 2015, Zamboanga ranked 3rd in infrastructure, 15th in Government Efficiency and 26th in Economic Dynamism.
Climaco also praised City Planning Officer Rodrigo Sicat, Investment and Promotion Chief Apple Go, Special Assistant to the City Mayor Jose Genaro Aizon, and Business Licensing Head Benjie Barredo for their exemplary performance and commitment to their work. (Mindanao Examiner. With a report from Jasmine Mohammadsali)
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