The City of Muntinlupa has officially been declared as the 5th Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City of the nation based on the 2023 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) results which also showed strong finishes by the said city on other categories, according to a Manila Bulletin news report.
To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the Manila Bulletin news report. Some parts in boldface…
Muntinlupa City was named the No. 5 overall most competitive highly urbanized city in the Philippines and landed in the top three in resiliency and infrastructure.
Mayor Ruffy Biazon received the awards at the Philippine Creative Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Congress held on Sept. 28 at the Manila Hotel.
Local government units were ranked based on the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index by the National Competitiveness Council.
“Cities and municipalities are ranked on their competitiveness based on an overall competitiveness score. The overall competitiveness score is the sum of scores on five main pillars which pool data from several sub-indicators. The five main pillars are: economic dynamism, government efficiency, infrastructure, resiliency, and innovation. Scores are determined by the values of the actual data, as well as the completeness of the submitted data. The higher the score of a city or municipality, the more competitive it is,” according to the CMCI website.
Overall, Muntinlupa ranked fifth under the most competitive highly urbanized cities category in the country with a score of 49.59.
It is also No. 3 in the resilience and infrastructure pillars, and No. 6 in the innovation pillar.
“Infrastructure pertains to the physical assets that connect, expand, and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable provision of goods and services,” according to CMCI.
Resilience, on the other hand, “applies to the capacity of a locality to build systems that can absorb change and disturbance and being able to adapt to such changes.
For a closer look at the CMCI results, click https://cmci.dti.gov.ph/rankings-data.php?unit=Highly%20Urbanized%20Cities
Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? If you are a resident of Muntinlupa City, what is your reaction to what the city achieved in the latest CMCI rankings? Do you believe that Muntinlupa is a blossoming and highly competitive city among all highly urbanized cities of the nation?
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