Zambo City reaps honors

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Zamboanga City now ranks 15th among Highly Urbanized Cities and 14th among all cities all over the Philippines based from an overall rank of 74th in 2014. City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco said the results of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index was released during the Third Regional Competitiveness Summit held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila, last Thursday. According to Climaco, the rankings are based on the sum of their scores on three Pillars or category - Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, and Infrastructure wherein Zamboanga City is third in infrastructure, 15th in Government Efficiency and 26th in Economic Dynamism. (Nonoy E Lacson)