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Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2017-2026 Volume I - The Comprehensive Land Use Plan
Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
Bacolod City
MESSAGE
Land is an essential life-giving resource. On it depends a city’s capacity to

meet the fundamental needs of its people as well as the future generations.
It is on this premise that I present to you our city’s Comprehensive Land Use
Plan (CLUP) for 2017-2026. The various land use planning guiding principles were
undertaken to make sure that our CLUP is just and fair for all major stakeholders.
And since people will always move towards places with better health care, quality
education, job opportunities, and all the elements that improve one’s quality of life. It
is my administration’s vision that Bacolod will be thriving on the honest labor of her
sons and daughters; a most competitive, and most livable city where business and
industry flourish in an atmosphere of peace and fair competition; where government
serves its people responsibly and with transparency; a major city not just in the
Philippines but in the rest of Asia as well.
I would like to congratulate the CLUP - Technical Working Group and the City
Planning and Development Office for coming up with this 10-year plan, as well as all
of the offices, departments, non-government organizations and national government
agencies that provided inputs in updating our Comprehensive Land Use Plan for
20172026.
EVELIO R. LEONARDIA
City Mayor
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MESSAGE
With sixteen thousand one hundred forty-five hectares of land area, occupied by the
growing population, it is imperative to regularly update the planning in land use. This
is with the purpose of achieving balance to the competing uses of the Bacolodnons.
I am grateful that a Comprehensive Land Use Plan is now established for the years
2017 to 2026. Through this, strategically, our city shall be able to respond to concerns
involving food security, energy supplies, economic growth, while protecting the
ecology and the people from further disasters of any kind.
My congratulations to all those who had worked long hours to rigidly study the
geography of our beloved city in order to determine the maximum use of Bacolod
land, all for the benefit of the people.
Let’s continue the todo serbisyo!
HON. EL CID M. FAMILIARAN

Vice Mayor
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FOREWORD
The Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2017-2026 of Bacolod City was prepared in response to
the urgent need to update the approved CLUP that covered the period 2001-2010. The CLUP is
mandated for all Local Government Units (LGUs) which needs to be updated every 10 years. This
10year plan aims to provide a guide for all present and future actions that an LGU will undertake. It
presents a vision with long-range goals and objectives for all activities that affect the local
government. This includes guidance on how to make decisions on public and private land
development proposals, the availability of tax policies (tax incentives), cooperative efforts, and issues
of pressing concern such as farmland preservation or the rehabilitation of older neighborhood areas.
The CLUP’s main objective is to provide a guide for developmental control in order to mitigate risks
and reduce loss of human lives and properties. It will provide direction for future activities over a 10-
year period after plan adoption.
Like in other countries, land use planning is imperative because of the scarcity of land. Land
use planning aims to find a balance among competing and sometimes contradictory uses. In the
Philippines, all LGUs from the provinces, cities and municipalities are mandated to formulate its own
CLUPs.
A CLUP serves the following functions:
• The plan provides continuity. The plan provides continuity across time, and gives
successive public bodies a common framework for addressing land-use issues.
• It is the means by which a community can balance competing private interests.

Planning seeks to strike a balance among the many competing demands on land by creating
development patterns that are orderly and rational, provide the greatest benefits for
individuals and the community as a whole, and avoid nuisance conflicts between land uses.
• It is the means by which a community can protect public investments. Well-planned,

orderly and phased development patterns are less expensive for a community to provide with
public services than low-density, scattered development.
• It allows communities to plan development in a way that protects human lives and
valued resources. Planning can identify environmental features like bodies of water,
agricultural lands, woods, and steep slopes. It provides strategies for preserving those
resources from destruction or degradation by inappropriate development that could lead to
loss of human lives and properties.
The preparation of our CLUP was based on the following Department of Human Settlements
and Urban Development (DHSUD) Resolutions: No. 908, series of 2013, known as the 2013 Enhanced
Comprehensive Land Use Plan Guidebook Volume 1; No. 918, series of 2014, known as the Enhanced
CLUP Guidebook Volume 2, Sectoral Studies and Tools for Analysis; and No. 919, series of 2014,
known as the Enhanced CLUP Guidebook Volume 3, the Integrated Model Zoning Ordinance; and No.
915, series of 2014, known as the Supplemental Guidelines for Mainstreaming Climate Change
Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction (CCA-DRR) in the CLUP.
The inclusion of mainstreaming of CCA-DRR Assessments, the Four Thematic Areas of DRR
Management, the Adoption of Integrated Ecosystem Approach, and the Impact Chain Analysis and
Urban Decision are the significant areas that were discussed in the updated CLUP which were not taken
into consideration in the previous CLUP.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The formulation of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2017-2026 is finally completed through
the joint efforts and cooperation of the following:
 The Honorable Mayor EVELIO R. LEONARDIA who gave the City Planning and Development
Coordinator, Mary Jean L. Ramos, his full trust and confidence in making this planning document
a reality, as well as providing the resources needed to sustain throughout the whole planning
process;
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The Sangguniang Panlungsod Members led by Vice Mayor El Cid M. Familiaran and SP
Member Atty. Archie S. Baribar, Chairperson of the Committee on Urban Planning
Development, who were instrumental in the final ratification of the plan, and former Councilor
Caesar Distrito who conducted public hearings and initial resolutions required by then HLURB
and now DHSUD;
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The members of the Technical Working Group (TWG), and the City Planning and Development
Office (CPDO) responsible in updating the multi-sectoral development plans mandated by virtue
of Executive Order No. 020-12-13, series of 2013;
 The various City Departments and Offices of the Bacolod City Government who provided inputs
and shared their data that helped anchor the formulation of the various sectoral analysis and
plans, and with their presence during the workshops, meetings and the final planning, without
which this document would not have been realized: City Mayor’s Office, City Administration
Office, City ENRO, local DRRMO, BHA, City Engineer’s Office, City Assessor’s Office, City
Treasurer’s Office, City Budget Office, BPLO, MITCS, City Civil Registrar, Land Tax Division,
City Tourism Office, BBDPC/LEIPO, DSSD, DepEd, CHO, PESO, Liga ng Barangay,
CSOs/NGOs, and Bacolod City College (BCC);
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The following government and non-government agencies who patiently shared their precious
time and knowledge: BFAR, DAR, DA, DENR, DHSUD, DILG, DOST, DPWH, DOT, DTI, EMB,
MGB, NCIP, NEDA, NIA, PPA-NBB, PSR MBT, PNP, TESDA, LTO, MARINA, DOE, Coast
Guard, PPDO, CENECO, BACIWA, and CREBA;
 Accredited Civil Society Organizations / Non-Governmental Organizations (CSOs/NGOs)
 Architect Jose Dureza, Urban Planner; Engr. Kelly Grant Guerrero, EnP, and Alfredo Gonzales
III, Technical Planning Consultants; Architect Jayniel L. Cabalatungan; and the late Engr.
Max Sillo who shared their expertise.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Message from the Mayor i

Message from the Vice Mayor ii
Resolution Adopting the CLUP 2017 - 2026 iii
RLUC VI Resolution Endorsing to SP of Bacolod City
the Bacolod City CLUP and ZO 2017-2026 for Adoption
and Enactment iv
Resolution Adopting the Proposed CLUP v
FORWARDED vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS viii
LIST OF MAPS xv
LIST OF FIGURES xvii
LIST OF TABLES xix
LIST OF ACRONYMS xx
PART I. BRIEF PROFILE OF BACOLOD CITY

A. Brief History 1
B. Demographic Profile 3
C. Geographic Location 14
D. Physical Features and Environmental Condition 23
E. Existing Land Use and Land Use Trends 36
F. Infrastructure, Facilities and Utilities 47
G. Transportation / Road Network 57
H. Social Services Facilities / Utilities / Amenities 62
I. Agriculture and Agri-Industry Facilities 65
J. Power, Water, Communication Network 70
K. Waste Management 83
L. Economic Structure 88
M. Development Constraints: Priority Issues and Concerns 91
N. Comparative Advantages and Competitive Edge 93
O. Functional Role of the City 97
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PART II. THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN

A. Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives 98
B. Development Strategies 100
C. Development Concept and Structure Plan 110
D. The Land Use Plan 115
E. Land and Water Use Policies 122

F. Major Development Programs 124
G. CLUP and ZO Implementation 131
H. Monitoring Review and Evaluation System 132
ANNEX
A. RLUC Plan Review Compliance and Monitoring Sheet 136
B. Compliance of CLUP/ZO with RLUC Quality Review Parameters 136
C. SWOT Analysis 139
D. Vision – Reality Gap Matrix 141
E. City Ordinance No. 966, October 13, 2021 (LPTRP) 143
F. Composition of the CLUP Planning Team 147
G. Newspaper clipping of February 4, 2018f meeting with other LGUs 150
H. Bacolod City Infrastructure Map 151
I. Existing General Land Use Map 2001 – 2010 152
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LIST OF MAPS
1. Population Density Map 9
2. Biodiversity Map 17
3. Map of Bacolod City in the Country 19
4. Map of Bacolod City in the Region 20
5. Map of Bacolod City in the Province 21
6. Administrative Map 22
7. Physical Features Map 27
8. Contour Map 28
9. Hydrologic/Bodies of Water Map 29
10. Erosion Map 30
11. Household Distribution Map 31
12. Household Flood Susceptibility Map 32
13. Household Flood Risk Map 33
14. Flood Overlay Zone (FLD-OZ) Map 34
15. Existing General Land Use Map, 2016 37
16. Heritage Overlay Map 40
17. Land Classification Map (Unclassified Public Forest) 41
18. Water Use Map 45
19. Infrastructure Map 46
20. Socialized Housing Map 52
21. Health Facilities Map 53
22. Education Facilities Map 54
23. Protective Services Facilities Map 5
24. Sports and Recreation Facilities Map 56
25. Transportation Facilities Map (Bus Terminals) 60
26. Road Network Map 61
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27. Proposed Land Use Map 121
28. Seaport Facility Map 61
29. Social Services Facilities Map 64
30. CARP Covered Area Map 69
31. Power Facilities Map 73
32. Power Facility Map (NGCP Transmission Lines) 74
33. Water Facilities Map 79
34. Communication Facilities Map 82
35. Drainage Map 87
36. Development Structure Map 113
37. Development Concept Map 114
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 4
Table DE – 1, Population Composition by School-Age, Working-Age, Dependent-
Age Group and Sex Ratio, Year 2015
Figure 2 5
Graph DE-2, Population Distribution by Age Group and Gender, 2010 and 2015
Figures 3a and 3b 6
Graph DE-3a, Household Population & Average Household Size by
Numbered Barangay, Year 2015
Graph DE-3b, Household Population & Average Household Size by
Named Barangays, Year 2015
Figures 4a and 4b 7
Graph DE-5a, Population Density by Urban Barangay, Year 2015
Graph DE-5b, Population Density by Sub-Urban Barangay, Year 2015
Figure 5 9
Graph DE-6, Historical Growth of Population
Figure 6 10
Graph DE-7, Crude Birth Rate (CBR) and Crude Death Rate (CDR) for the
Past 5 Years
Figure 7 10
Table DE – 8, Literacy Rate of Population 10 Years Old and Over by Sex Year
2015
Figure 8 11
Table DE – 12, Labor Force Population by Sex and Employment Status Year 2015
Figure 9 12
Graph DE-14, Population 5 Years Old and Over by Highest Educational Attainment, Year
2015
Figure 10 12
Table DE – 15, Projected Population and Households
Figure 11 13
TABLE DE – 17, Projected School-Age Population, Labor Force and
Dependent Population, Years 2016 - 2020 and 2025 - 2026
Figure 12 43
Bacolod City Illustrative Water Use Zoning Plan
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Figure 13 67
Table EC-AG3, Comparative Agricultural Crop Areas and Production, 2015 - 2016
Figure 14 73
Table IF – PO14, Number of Connections by Type of Uses and Average
Consumption for the Past Three Years, 2014-2016
Figure 15 77
Table IF – W20, Level I Water Supply System by Type and Number of Population
Served by Barangays, Year 2016
Figure 16 126
Map of Western Visayas (Region VI)
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 24
Coastal Barangays Assessment and Recommendations by the MGB-DENR
Table 2 36
Existing General Land Use, 2016
Table 3 42
Existing Use of Water Bodies
Table 4 47
List of Subdivisions, 2015
Table 5 48
Medical Health Personnel to Population Ratio
Table 6 49
Access to Potable Water
Table 7 60
List of RORO Routes/Vessels/Operators, 2017
Table 8 116
Proposed Land Use, 2017 - 2026
Table 9 117
Comparative Land Use, Existing vs Proposed
Table 10 118
Affordability Assessment and Land Use Calculation
Table 11 134
Proposed Outcome and Output Indicators, Social Sector
Table 12 135
Proposed Outcome and Output Indicators, Economic Sector
Table 13 135
Proposed Outcome and Output Indicators, Infrastructure Sector
Table 14 136
Proposed Outcome and Output Indicators, Environment Sector
Table 15
Proposed Outcome and Output Indicators, Institutional Sector 136
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
AFMA - Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act

APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
BACIWA - Bacolod City Water District
BASAR - Bacolod-Silay Airport Road
BAYS - Bacolod Arts and Youth Sports
BBDPC - Bacolod Business Development and Promotion Center
BCC - Bacolod City College
BCGC - Bacolod City Government Center
BHA - Bacolod Housing Authority
BPO - Business Process Outsourcing
BPM - Business Process Management
BTAO - Bacolod Traffic Authority Office
BREDCO - Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation
BSWM - Bureau of Soils and Water Management
CAO - City Agrarian Office
CARP - Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
CBD - Central Business District
CDP - Comprehensive Development Plan
CENECO - Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc.
CENRO - Community Environment and Natural Resources Office
CHO - City Health Office
CLUP - Comprehensive Land Use Plan
CPDC - City Planning and Development Coordinator
CPDO - City Planning and Development Office
CRIPS - Coordinated Road Investment Planning System
CRRA - Comprehensive Revised Reclamation Agreement
CTO - City Treasurer’s Office
DA - Department of Agriculture
DAR - Department of Agrarian Reform
DBM - Department of Budget and Management
DENR - Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DILG - Department of Interior and Local Government
DHSUD - Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development
DOH - Department of Health
DOT - Department of Tourism
DPWH - Department of Public Works and Highways
DPS - Department of Public Services
DRRMO - Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
DSSD - Department of Social Services and Development
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
EO - Executive Order
EXCELL - Excellence in Local Governance Awards
FLA - Fishpond Lease Agreement
GDZ - Graduated Density Zoning
GIS - Geographical Information System
GOCC - Government Owned and Controlled Corporation
HUC/s - Highly Urbanized City/ies
ICT - Information and Computer Technology
ICTP - Information and Communication Technology Plan
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IEC - Information and Education Campaign

IPs - Indigenous Peoples
IRA - Internal Revenue Allotment
IT - Information Technology
KPO - Knowledge Process Outsourcing
LC - Land Classification
LCE - Local Chief Executive
LEIPO - Local Economic Investment Promotion Office
LDC - Local Development Council
LDIP - Local Development Investment Plan
LGC - Local Government Code
LGU - Local Government Unit
LMB - Land Management Bureau
LMU - Land Management Unit
LOI - Letter of Instruction
LTFRB - Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board
LTO - Land Transportation Office
LWUA - Local Water Utilities Administration
MGB - Mines and Geosciences Bureau
MITCS - Management Information Technology and Computer
Services
MMDA - Metro Manila Development Authority
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement
MPA - Marine Protected Areas
MOOE - Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses
NAMRIA - National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
NAPOCOR - National Power Corporation
NAWASA - National Water and Sewerage Authority
NAT - National Achievement Test
NBI - National Bureau of Investigation
NCCA - National Commission for Culture and the Arts
NCCAP - National Climate Change Action Plan
NDDRMP - National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan
NEDA - National Economic and Development Authority
NEDF - Negros Economic Development Foundation
NEA - National Electrification Administration
NGA/s - National Government Agency/ies
NGO/s - Non-Government Organization/s
NHCP - National Historical Commission of the Philippines
NHS - National High School
NIR - Negros Island Region
NFA - National Food Authority
NFE - Non-Formal Education
NGA - National Government Agencies
NGO - Non - Government Organization
NHA - National Housing Authority
NIA - National Irrigation Authority
NLUA - National Land Use Act
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NSO - National Statistics Office

OSS - One-Stop Shop
PAGASA - Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration
PAMB - Protected Area Management Board
PDC - Provincial Development Council
PDIP - Provincial Development Investment Plan
PDP - Provincial Development Plan
PESO - Public Employment Service Office
PEZA - Philippine Economic Zone Authority
PHIVOLCS - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
PGR - Population Growth Rate
PIC - Provincial Industrial Center
PIE - Provincial Industrial Estate
PLUC - Provincial Land Use Committee
PMC - Project Monitoring Committee
PMO - Project Management Office
PNP - Philippine National Police
PO - Provincial Office
PPDC - Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator
PPDO - Provincial Planning and Development Office
PPFP - Provincial Physical Framework Plan
PSA - Philippine Statistics Authority
PUD - Planned Unit Development
RDC - Regional Development Council
RDIP - Regional Development Investment Plan
RPT - Real Property Tax
RLUC - Regional Land Use Committee
SAFDZ - Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones
SP - Sangguniang Panlungsod
SPES - Social Program for the Employment of the Student
SWM - Soils & Water Management
SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
SWIMP - Small Water Impounding Management Project
SWAT - Solid Waste Action Team
SWEET - Solid Waste Enforcement Education Team
TESDA - Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
TRABAJO - Training for Better Access to Job Opportunities
TWG - Technical Working Group
UBSD - Urban Basic Services Division
WACS - Waste Analysis Characterization Study
YWS - Yulo Water Works System
ZO - Zoning Ordinance
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PART I. BRIEF PROFILE OF BACOLOD CI TY
A. BRIEF HISTORY
The first settlers of Bacolod were migrants from the surrounding areas of Iloilo then called
IrongIrong. From a mere community settlement in the buklods (hills) in the year 1770 with only a little
over
5,000 inhabitants, the city has grown into a fast developing metropolis with a population of 600,783 in
2020 on the last actual National Statics Office (NSO) Census of Population. Adherent to this growth was
a series of historical transformations.
1800
Transfer of capital from old Himamaylan to Bacolod after the assassination of the then Negros
Island Governor Don Juan Nepomuceno de Cordova.
1848
Bacolod was named capital of Negros Province.
1938
Bacolod was proclaimed as a chartered city by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 404.
1984
Bacolod was classified a Highly Urbanized City (HUC) on September 27, 1984 by the provision
of Section 166 and 168 of the Local Government Code (LGC) and the Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 83-49.
1985
City Ordinance (CO) No. 9, series of 1985, segregated all Barangays in the city as rural or urban.
Of the 61 barangays, Barangays 1 - 41 are labeled as urban areas or those situated in the city proper or
poblacion. The remaining 20 Barangays starting from Alangilan up to Vista Alegre are labeled as rural
barangays by this ordinance.
1997
Bacolod City was awarded by the Progressive Alliance of Citizens for Democracy and DILG as
the Most Outstanding City in Community Development in Western Visayas.
1997, 1998, 2000

Adjudged for the third time (Hall of Fame) as the cleanest and Greenest HUC in the Philippines.
2001
Second Place as the Most Livable City in the Medium Size Category and Third Place as Top
Cities in Terms of Lowest Cost of Doing Business.
2005
Apolinario Mabini Award – Local Government Unit of the Year.
2003, 2005, 2008

Most Competitive and Most Livable Mid-Sized City in the Philippines.
2012, 2013, 2020

No. 2 “10 Growth Centers” of the Philippines; No. 3 “10 Next Wave Cities” for Business Process
Outsourcing’s (BPO) or call centers in the Philippines; No. 94 “100 Next Wave Cities in the World” for
BPO’s. {Center of Excellence for Information Technology (IT)-BPO}
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2017
The Philippines Model Cities – Beyond the most livable urban centers by the Manila Times, May
11, 2017, New World Manila Bay
Along with this transformation, the City emerged as the prime city of the Negros Island Region
(NIR) and the Province of Negros Occidental. NIR was created under Executive Order (EO) No. 183,
series of May 2015 but was revoked on August 7, 2017 through EO No. 38
• The seat of administration and decision-making.

• The center of commerce, trade and industry.
• The center of education.
• The center of facilities and services such as light, water, communication and transportation
services.

B. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
TOTAL POPULATION
Based on the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN) conducted by the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA), Bacolod City has a total population of 561,875 representing 18.37% of the 3,059,136
total population of the Negros Occidental. The figure constitutes 12.73% of the 4,414,131 total population
of the Negros Island Region (NIR), and 0.56% of the total national population of 100,981,437.
The recorded population of the city at 561,875 is higher than the one recorded in 2010 at 511,820
which is about 8.90%. This increase resulted to a 1.79% annual Population Growth Rate (PGR). The
doubling time of Bacolod City is estimated in 39 years, rounded off.
POPULATION COMPOSITION TOTAL POPULATION BY AGE GROUP AND SEX

Female accounted for 50.72% or 284,994 of the total population which indicated a sex ratio of
97 Male for every 100 Female. A minimal increase compared to the year 2000 which recorded 95 Male
per 100 Female. The Labor Force group has the highest percentage for both sexes and for Female while
the Male has the highest percentage in the Working Age group. Both Labor Force and Working Age has
the same lowest age bracket; however, the Working Age group has a limit of up to 64 years of age. The
lowest percentage is the School-Going Age Population.
SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
Of the 136,261 students, those enrolled in Elementary has the highest percentage while the
lowest is in Pre-School. In this age group, the Male tops the Female with the highest percentage in
PreSchool. However, the Female has a higher percentage of students than the Male in the Tertiary level.

AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO

The dependent population consisted of those belonging to children aged 0-14 (Young), and
adults 65 years and over (Old). They comprise 188,782 of the total population of Bacolod City. Of this
figure, 49.30% are Male while 50.70% are Female. The Young age group has a total of 156,416 while
the Old age group comprised the remaining 32,366 of the Dependent Population.
Based on the PSA data for 2015, Bacolod City has a total dependency ratio of 50.60%. The ratio
indicates that around 50 persons were dependent for every 100 of the working populace. The young
dependency ratio was 41.92% while 8.68% for the old dependency ratio.
The average lifespan of Male is 67 years and 71 years for Female in the Philippines.
Figure 1
Table DE – 1
Population Composition by School-Age, Working-Age, Dependent-Age Group and
Sex Ratio, Year 2015
Both % to 2015 Male Female Sex
Age Group
Sexes Population Number % Number % Ratio
2015 276,881 49.28% 284,994 50.72%
Population 561,875 97
School-Going
Age 136,261 23.82% 70,241 51.55% 56,020 41.11% 125
Population*
*Pre-School
(3-5) 31,848 5.57% 16,534 51.92% 15,314 48.08% 108
*Elementary
(6-11) 62,955 11.01% 32,394 51.46% 30,561 48.54% 106
*Secondary
(12-17) 41,458 7.25% 21,313 51.41% 20,145 48.59% 97
*Tertiary
(18-22) 55,774 9.75% 27,060 48.52% 28,714 51.48% 94
Working Age
(15-64) 373,093 65.23% 183,816 49.27% 189,277 50.73% 97
Labor Force
(15 & Over) 405,459 70.89% 196,042 48.35% 209,417 51.65% 94
Dependent
Population 188,782 33.01% 93,065 49.30% 95,717 50.70% 97
**Young (0-14) 156,416 27.35% 80,839 51.68% 75,577 48.32% 107

**Old
32,366 5.66% 12,226 37.77% 20,140 62.23% 61
(65 & Over)
Source: PSA 2015 Census of Population

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER

As per PSA data for the 2015 and 2010 census, the age group 15-19 Years Old has the highest
number of the total population of Bacolod for both censal years at the same time the least number is
under the age group 80 Years Old and Above. Also, the age group 5-9 Years Old ranked third in both
years with 49,554 in 2010, and 53,178 in 2015. It was in the second ranking that both years differ. For
the year 2010, it was the age group Under 5 Years Old at 49,678 while it was the 20-24 Years Old age
group for 2015 at 54,220.
Figure 2
URBAN HOUSEHOLD POPULATION

The city has a total of 127,687 households. A typical household has an average of 4 members.
Barangays 8 and 37 registered the largest household size with 5.9 and 5.3, respectively, while
Barangays 13 and 24 have the smallest household size with 3.3 and 3.5, respectively.
The five most populated barangays are the following: Mansilingan with 45,181, Estefania with
40,931, Taculing with 39,891, Tangub with 38,746, and Villamonte with 36,575. These barangays are
within the range of 2-5 km., and accessible to the CBD where industries and major financial and
educational institutions are located.

Figures 3a and 3b

POPULATION DENSITY
At the national level, the population density in 2015 is recorded at 337 persons per square
kilometer (sq. km.). Although Bacolod came in sixth as the most densely populated HUC outside the
National Capital Region (NCR), the number is still significant at 3,496 persons per sq. km. compared to
the national level.
At the barangay level, there are five barangays with the highest population density. These are
Barangay 32 with a density of 1,130, Barangay 13 with 817, Barangay 27 with 671, Barangay 25 with
437, and Barangay 2 with 423. All these belong to the urban/numbered barangay. The most sparsely
populated barangay is Alangilan at six then seconded by Barangay Granada at nine.
With a constant annual PGR of 1.79% (2015), population is directly proportional with the
increase of Population Density. These factors are considered in the land use plan which makes it one of
the reasons why vertical residences like condominiums are highly encouraged in the economic and
investment promotions programs of the city.

1. Population Density Map

POPULATION CHANGE HISTORICAL GROWTH OF POPULATION

The Average APGR of Bacolod was highest in 1970 at 3.63%. It gradually decreased to 3.23%
in 1975 and 2.97% in 1980 but increased again to 3.33% in 1990. The average APGR of the city varies
each census year. If it remains in the range of 1.78% and 1.79% as recorded in 2010 and 2015, the
population would double in approximately 39 years.
Figure 5
Source: PSA

FERTILITY AND MORTALITY RATE

The crude birth rate (CBR) of the city for the last five years was 13.04 (2011), 13.03 (2012),
15.01 (2013), 16.82 (2014), and 12.69 (2015). CBR was annually increasing from 2010 until 2015 where
it decreased by 0.75%. The highest-rated year was in 2015 and the highest increase was in 2013.
The crude death rate (CDR) was 7.18 (2011), 7.09 (2012), 6.43 (2013), 6.60 (2014), and 6.75
(2015). The highest number of CDR was in 2011. From this point, it gradually went down from 7.18 to
7.09 in 2012 and 6.43 in 2013. However, it increased to 6.60 in 2014 and again to 6.75 in 2015.
Figure 6
Source: PSA
POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS LITERACY RATE

Bacolod has a literacy rate of 99.59% based on the population of 10 Years Old and Over. Of
the 453,633 population, literates numbered at 451,788, which outweighed the illiterates by 1,845. Data
also shows that the Female population at 232,594 is more literate than Male population at 219,194.
Figure 7
Table DE – 8
Literacy Rate of Population 10 Years Old and Over by Sex
Year 2015
Male Female Both Sexes

Indicator
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Literate 219,194 99.56 % 232,594 99.63% 451,788 99.59%
Illiterate 970 0.44% 875 0.37% 1,845 0.41%
Total 220,164 233,469 453,633
Source: PSA

MOTHER TONGUE
Of the 127,370 total households as recorded in the PSA 2015 POPCEN, Hiligaynon remains
the dominant language in the city at 124,639 households. Cebuano came next at 928, followed by
Kankanai at 597, and Tagalog at 458.
RELIGIOUS
Roman Catholic Including Catholic Charismatic remains the dominant religion in Bacolod City.
Other prevalent religions are Baptist, Christian/Non-Denominational Christian, and Protestant,
respectively. The land occupied by the 10 Roman Catholic Including Catholic Charismatic establishment
has a total area of 2.7. The Christian/Non-Denominational Christian also has 10 establishments
recorded but only 1.85 in total land area. Both the Evangelicals (Philippine Council of Evangelical
Churches) and Islam have the least number of establishment with a total land area of less than one per
establishment.
LABOR FORCE
The Labor Force of Bacolod City consisting of its population of 15 Years Old and Over has a
total number of 405,459. It constitutes 196,042 of the Male population and 209,417 of Female
population. Those who are gainfully employed are 94% of the 15 Years Old and Over populace of which
198,188 are men and 182,943 are women.
Figure 8
Table DE – 12
Labor Force Population by Sex and Employment Status
Year 2015
Sex Population Labor Force Not in the

15 Yrs. Old Labor
& Over % Unemployed % Force
Employed
Male 196,042 198,188 52% 14,597 80,839
60
%
Female 209,417 182,943 48% 9,731 75,577
40
%
Total 405,459 381,131 100% 24,328 100% 156,416
Source: PSA 2015 Census on Population and Housing
EDUCATION
The top five groupings with the Highest Educational Attainment of the 5 Year Old and Over
population are High School (184,547), Elementary (122,814), Academic Degree Holder (94,207),
College Undergraduate (67,075), and Post-Secondary (16,505).
In the High School and Elementary groups, the figure for the Male populace are slightly higher
than the Female populace. A difference of 847 and 5,210, respectively. The Female population is higher
than the Male population with the rest of the top five groupings. Based on these, more females are
Academic Degree Holders and who pursue a Post Baccalaureate degree compared to males.

Most of the populace for 5 Years Old and over who reached High School went on to graduate.
Those who reached Elementary were mostly from First to Fourth Grade. The combined numbers of No
Grade Completed and Pre-School reached 22,586 which is higher than the Post-Secondary.
Figure 9
Source: PSA 2015
POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND ESTIMATES PROJECTED POPULATION AND

HOUSEHOLDS
By the year 2026, the city’s projected total population will reach 682,961 based on the 2015
PSA survey of 561.875 and a growth rate of 1.79%. The total household population is projected at
155,219 by the end of the planning period basis the household count in 2015 PSA data at 127,699 and
a constant growth rate of 1.79%.
Figure 10
Table DE – 15
Projected Population and Households
Year Population Household
2015 561,875 127,699
2016 571,933 129,985
2017 582,170 132,312
2018 592,591 134,680
2019 603,199 137,091
2020 613,995 139,544
2021 624,986 142,043
2022 636,173 144,584

2023 647,561 147,172

2024 659,152 149,807
2025 670,951 152,489
2026 682,961 155,219
Source: PSA 2015 Census on Population and Housing Base Year. Projected using the APGR of 1.79
PROJECTED BARANGAY POPULATION

The total population of the sub-urban/named barangays will reach 588,457 while the
urban/numbered barangays is projected to reach 94,494 by the year 2026. Barangay Mansilingan will
have the largest projected population in the city numbered at 54,917 and the least number of projected
population is Barangay 24 at 112 by the end of the planning period.
PROJECTEDSCHOOL AGE POPULATION, LABOR FORCE & DEPENDENT
POPULATION
The School-Going Age population of 192,035 in the 2015 PSA census is projected to reach
233,416 in 2026 while the Labor Force will increase from 405,459 to 492,830. The Dependent
Population of 188,782 will reach 229,462 by the end of the planning period.
Figure 11
TABLE DE – 17
Projected School-Age Population, Labor Force and Dependent Population Years
2016 - 2020 and 2025 - 2026
Base Partici Projected Population
Year pation
Grouping Rate 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2025 2026
2015
Population 561,875 571,933 582,170 592,591 603,198 613,996 670,951 682,951
School- 202,533 206,158 209,849 229,314 233,416

Going 192,035 34% 195,473 198,971
Population*
*Pre-School 32,998 33,589 34,190 34,802 38,031 38,711
31,848 17% 32,418
(3-5)
*Elementary 65,229 66,397 67,585 68,795 75,176 76,521
62,955 33% 64,082
(6-11)
*Secondary 42,955 43,724 44,507 45,304 49,506 50,392
41,458 22% 42,200
(12-17)
*Tertiary 57,789 58,823 59,876 60,948 66,601 67,792
55,774 29% 56,772
(18-22)
Labor force 420,104 427,624 435,278 443,070 484,170 492,830
405,459 72% 412,717
(15 & Over)
Dependent* 195,601 199,102 202,666 206,294 225,430 229,462
188,782 34% 192,161
*
**Young 162,066 164,967 167,920 170,926 186,781 190,121
156,416 83% 159,216
(0-14)
**Old 33,535 34,135 34,746 35,368 38,649 39,340
32,366 17% 32,945
(65 & Over)
Source: Computed based on PSA data

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
Bacolod City is located on the northwest coast of the province of Negros Occidental. It is
bounded on the northwest by the City of Talisay; on the East by the City of Silay and the City of Victorias;
on the East and Southwest by the town of Murcia; on the Southwest by the City of Bago; and in the West
by the Guimaras Strait.
The global position of Bacolod City is 10 degrees, 40 minutes 40 seconds – north and 122
degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds – east with Bacolod Public Plaza as the benchmark.
Bacolod City has 16,145 hectares including straits and bodies of water and composed of 61 barangays
and 729 puroks.
It is accessible by sea at the ports of Banago, BREDCO at the reclamation area and the port of
the Municipality of Pulupandan. By air, the Bacolod Silay Airport is 18 kilometers from the city proper.
BIODIVERSITY
Bacolod City is not part of a Protected Area (PA) nor Key Biodiversity Area (KBA). Its urban
biodiversity includes non-terrestrial marine ecosystem like patches of inland wetland such as springs,
creeks, rivers, streams and ponds; coastal wetland such as coral reefs, mangrove swamps and marine
shores; and human-made wetland such as shrimp and fish ponds, farm ponds, and irrigated agricultural
lands. There is one National Greening Program (NGP) area recognized by the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Barangay Vista Alegre.
On November 20, 2009 City Ordinance No. 346 was issued to establish the Bacolod City
Nature’s Park at Barangay Alangilan. The park’s purpose is to serve as a nursery area for plants and
trees as well as an eco-tourism park pursuant to a plan that is ethnic, natural and indigenous as much
as possible; the development, protection, expansion of watershed area by planting of trees; and to serve
as a pilot for implementation of national policy for establishment of eco-tourism and theme or nature’s
park, for environmental protection, promotion and beautification. The park covers over 8,784.6 ha.
The city is situated in between two ecologically important areas for conservation: the Northern
Negros Natural Park (NNNP) and the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area
(NOCWCA).
NORTHERN NEGROS NATURAL PARK

The NNNP was formerly known as the North Negros Forest Reserve (NNFR) is the largest
remaining forest in Negros Island and second largest in Negros-Panay Faunal Region. NNFR was
declared NNNP through Presidential Proclamation No. 895 on the 15 th of August 2005 1 due to the
biological and hydrological importance of the area2. It spreads over five municipalities and six cities in
the Province of Negros Occidental.
It serves as the habitat of endangered species of both plants and animals in the world such as
Philippine palm civet Paradoxurus philippinensis (Jourdan), Malay civet Viverra tangalunga (Gray) and
fruit bats, including many endemic forest vertebrates such as threatened hornbills (Penelopedis panini
and Aceros waldeni), the endangered CVisayan Spotted deer (Cervus alfredi), and the Visayan warty
pig (Sus cebifrons) (Wildlife conservation Society of the Philippines, 1997)
1 Source: CDAsia, “Proclamation No. 895, s. 2005,” Republika ng Pilipinas Official Gazette, accessed on Philippine
Standard Time: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:59:14 AM source: PAGASA,

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2005/08/15/proclamation-no-895-s-2005/
2“Restoring Wildlife Habitat and Conservation of Biodiversity in Upper Caliban-Imbang Watershed,” SGP The GEF
Small Grants Programme, Copyright © 2012, accessed on Saturday, February 15, 2022 12:13 PM,
https://sgp.undp.org/index.php?option=com_sgpprojects&view=projectdetail&id=15029&item__

CALIBAN – IMBANG WATERSHED
Watersheds play a critical role in ensuring an abundant supply of water is available to nearby
cities and municipalities. It gathers water when it rains, then filters the water and drain it to a bigger body
of water, such as a river or lake. Trees plays an important role in the watersheds to strain, hold and
regulate precipitation3.
The Upper Caliban-Imbang watershed, formerly known as the Bacolod City Watershed 4, is
approximately 23-28 km east of Bacolod City with a land area of 1,000 hectare (ha) which includes 500
ha of primary forest. It is on the western side of the NNNP. It is also home to birds and butterflies
endemic to Negros or the Philippines. Barangays Alangilan, Granada, and Vista Alegre serves as
ingresses to the watershed.
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL COASTAL WETLANDS CONSERVATION AREA

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl
Habitat also known as the Convention on Wetlands is an international treaty signed in 1971 for the
conservation and sustainable use of wetlands5. NOCWCA was designated as the seventh Ramsar Site
of the Philippines on October 20, 20166.
The site lies along the coastline of Negros Island covers three cities which are Bago,
Himamaylan and Kabankalan, and seven municipalities of Pulupandan, Valladolid, San Enrique,
Pontevedra, Hinigaran, Binalbagan and Ilog. It is roughly 110 km. that hosts three globally threatened
marine turtles, the vulnerable Irrawaddy dolphin, and 72 waterbird species 7.
NOCWCA also supports the livelihood of coastal communities and serves as a major food
source for Negros Occidental because of its high biodiversity. Its extensive mangroves and mudflats
serve as feeding grounds for thousands of migratory birds; hence, it serves as a habitat for globally
threatened species8.
3 Claire Marie Algarme, “Water and trees are life,” Lifestyle,
SunStar, July 20, 2018,
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1753743/bacolod/lifestyle/water-and-trees-are-life#/
4 Willem-jan Spreeuwers;“Chapter 3.3 The Watershed of Bacolod City” in Water Supply in Bacolod City;
Thesis Supervised by Dr. P.C.J. Druijven for the Faculty of Spatial Sciences in Groningen, January 2006, page
42; https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/34/1/05095.pdf
5 “Ramsar Convention,” Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia, last edited on 3 February 2022, at 10:04 (UTC),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar_Convention
6 “Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA),” Philippine Clearing House
Mechanism, accessed on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:15 PM,
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%A8%F0%9D%90%AC-
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7 “Ramsar Convention,” Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia, last edited on 3 February 2022, at 10:04 (UTC),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar_Convention
8 “Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA),” Philippine Clearing House
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2 Biodiversity Map
Source: CPDO

TERRITORIAL JURIDICTION AND BARANGAY SUBDIVISION
Bacolod City is located in the Visayas area of the Philippines. It is part of the Western Visayas
Region and sits on the northern coastline of Negros Occidental facing Guimaras Strait, the Province of
Guimaras, and Panay Island. Inland, the city is bound on the northwest by Talisay City, on the east by
Silay, and on the southwest by Bago City and the Municipality of Murcia.
The city is strategically located facing the Province of Iloilo whose capital is Iloilo City, the Regional
Center of Region VI and the gateway to Panay Island. While Bacolod is the passageway to and from the
Negros Island as it is accessible through land, water and air.
As per PSA 2015 POPCEN, Bacolod has a land area of 160.71 sq. km. 9 encompassing 61
barangays where 561,875 individuals are residing. As the HUC of Negros Island, it is the center of
business, education, entertainment and culture. It is also where the offices of national and provincial
agencies are situated.
Based on the Inventory of Statistical Standards in the Philippines (ISSiP) that aims to harmonize
and standardize the standards in the Philippine Statistical System (PSS)10, all barangays in Bacolod may
be considered are urban11. In the 2015 PSA POPCEN, 88.5% or 54 out of 61 barangays are considered
urban. Hence, in this plan we have referred to the barangays as urban and sub-urban.
The barangays are classified as either named or numbered barangays. The numbered barangays
are 41 and has a gross land area of 542.5690 ha. They are mostly spread out in the CBD area and are
considered as urban barangays. Several barangays hug the coastline and are densely populated.
Meanwhile, the remaining 20 are considered the sub-urban barangays. This is where subdivisions and
government housing are located including most of the open spaces in the city. The most sparsely
populated barangay is Alangilan.
9 LAND AREA IS BASED ON THE CADASTRAL SURVEY AND ESTIMATED LAND AREAS (CERTIFIED
AND PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT) FROM THE LAND MANAGEMENT
BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AS OF DECEMBER 2013;
“Source: Report No. 3 2015 Census of Population – Population, Land Area, and Population Density;” Philippine
Statistics Authority; Table 1. Population, Land Area, Population Density, and Percent Change in Population Density
of the Philippines by Region, Province/Highly Urbanized City, and City/Municipality: 200, 2010, and 2015, Statistical
Tables, page 35; accessed on Sunday February 20, 2022
11:44 PM; https://www.psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/_POPCEN%20Report%20No.%203.pdf
10 “ISSiP Inventory of Statistical Standards in the Philippines,” Phiilippine Statistics Authority, accessed on
Sunday, February 20, 2022 10:58 PM, https://psa.gov.ph/ISSiP/about-ISSiP,
https://psa.gov.ph/ISSiP/conceptsanddefinitions
11 “Urban Barangay,” Phiilippine Statistics Authority, accessed on Sunday, February 20, 2022 10:58 PM,
https://psa.gov.ph/content/urban-barangay-
1#:~:text=(1)%20If%20a%20barangay%20has,and%205%20or%20more%20facilities%2C
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3. Map of Bacolod City in the Country
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4. Map of Bacolod City in the Region
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6. Administrative Map
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D. PHYSICAL FEATURES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION
The city is ideally located on a level area, slightly sloping down as it extends toward the sea
with an average slope of 0.9% for the city proper and between 3-5% for the suburbs. The altitude is
32.8 feet (ft.) or 10.0 meters (m.) above sea level. The benchmark is the Bacolod Public Plaza located
at the CBD.3
Bacolod City has a coastal stretch of waters approximately 16 km. in the western side. There
are five major rivers that serve as natural drainage in areas where they are located. These are Sum-ag
River, Catmon River (Mandalagan, Sulom and Cabachawan areas), Magsungay River Grande, Lupit
Pequiño River, and Tangub River.
The city’s geophysical features and location have been a saving grace for the city from the past
and recent highly destructive calamities brought by ecological imbalance due to climate changes that
befall some of the islands in the country. The city is above sea level and mostly out of the path of most
typhoons that visit the country about 20 or more every year. The nearby mountains also provide a
natural barrier from the storms. However, these natural conditions and geographical location of the city
do not make the local officials complacent; rather, they have been pro-active in the face of potential
risks for the city to be prepared and have the necessary facilities in times of calamities. Towards this
end that on April 6, 2011 City Ordinance No. 532 was passed institutionalizing the local Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management System, and its funding.
The skyline of Bacolod City has changed dramatically due to the boom in construction of both
public and private infrastructures. More hotels, malls and buildings were added to the city’s landscape
at such a fast pace. The boom in the construction industry in the city brought in part by the Duterte
Administration’s BUILD, BUILD, BUILD Program has been taken positively by planners, engineers,
architects, and all those in the industry to plan, design and construct structures and facilities that are
not only beneficial for business growth but are also disaster resilient and adaptive to climate changes.
RIDGE-TO-REEF APPROACH
The CLUP preparation adopts the ridge-to-reef approach from upland barangay in Alangilan to
the nine coastal barangays of the city. The city aims to protect the coastal barangays and low-lying
areas from hazards especially from flood, coastal erosion and coastal accretion/siltation, and the
preservation of the coastal ecosystem where it is a source of livelihood for Bacolod’s fisherfolks. These
can be achieved by enhancing waste management, augmenting and strengthening protected areas
especially in the upland area, monitoring of the coastal areas for non-compliant structures, relocation
of informal settlers, and improving data and information systems for evidence-based planning and
decision-making in the management of natural resources.
TEMPERATURE
People in Bacolod usually experience hot weather in April and May. May being the hottest
month has an average high temperature at 33o Celsius (C) or 92o Fahrenheit (F)4. Heatwave and
drought may be expected during these hot months.
3“Bacolod,” Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia, last edited on 8 February 2022, at 14:22 (UTC),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacolod
4 THIS REPORT ILLUSTRATES THE TYPICAL WEATHER IN BACOLOD, BASED ON A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF
HISTORICAL HOURLY WEATHER REPORTS AND MODEL RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM JANUARY 1, 1980 TO
Cool weather in the city runs from December to February with an average low of 24o C or 75o F in January which
is the coolest month5.
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PRECIPITATION
Precipitation in Bacolod generally appears in the form of rainfall. Wet or rainy season in Bacolod
starts towards the end of May through the first week of December. The rest of the days the city will have
dry or sunny season with sporadic rainy days. July is the month with the most number of wet days with
an average of 17.5 days of at least 0.04 inches (in.) of precipitation. The fewest wet days with an average
of 4.1 days of at least 0.04 in of precipitation.6
SOIL
There are nine soil types that occur in Bacolod City, namely: hydrosol, rough mountainous land,
Silay sandy loan, Silay loam, Bago sandy clay loam, Guimbala-on fine sandy loam, Bago fine sandy
loam, Guimbala-on loam, and Tupi fine sandy loam. The types of soil that are suitable for farming are
the soil types A, B, and C as defined by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). These
types are pliable and relatively easy to work with. They are fertile, rice in minerals, and other plant
nutrients required by most crops. While impervious subsoil that holds water is excellent for paddy rice
culture.
Based on the farmers’ guide map in the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) website, crop
suitability in Bacolod City are found in soil types located in Barangays Cabug, Punta Taytay and Sumag.
Whereas, almost all named barangays in the city have soil types suitable for growing sugarcane namely
Barangays Banago, Bata, Mandalagan, Estefania, Granada, Alangilan, Vista Alegre, Mansilingan,
Handumanan, Felisa, Cabug, Tangub, Pahanocoy and Sum-ag.
INFILTRATION AND SOIL DRAINAGE

Infiltration refers to the rate at which water enters into the soil under saturated conditions. When
infiltration rate is very rapid irrigation is difficult. Conversely, when infiltration is slow soil drainage
becomes a major problem.
Infiltration refers to the permeability of the soil. Permeability or hydraulic conductivity refers to
the property of the soil mass under saturated conditions. Generally, soils that are permeable have
moderate to rapid infiltration rate.
The areas with very rapid infiltration are found along the beach front in the coastal barangays
of the city. Potential contamination of ground water from the surface is high. Areas with moderate
permeability and infiltration are found on the northeast and southeastern part of the city.
DECEMBER 31, 2016., “Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Bacolod Philippines,” Weather Spark,
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EROSION AND SILTATION

Practically, the same areas that are free from flooding are subject to some degree of soil
erosion. These are the hilly and mountainous areas on the north-eastern part of the city (Barangay
Alangilan, portion of Barangay Granada). The low-lying areas are apparently free from erosion.
However, the later areas experience siltation as an effect of flooding.
Table 1
Coastal Barangays Assessment and Recommendations by
the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) – DENR
Coastal Coastal Accretion
Barangay Recommendations
Erosion / Siltation
To establish coastal setback and set-up no
build/construction zones as mandated by Republic
Act (RA) No. 386/Civil Code of the Philippines,
Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1067/Water Code of
Banago Very High High the Philippines, PD No. 705/Forestry Code, PD
No. 1096/National Structural Code of the
Philippines and MC No.
2014-01.
To establish coastal setback and no

build/construction zones near the coastline. These
mitigation measures should be adopted by the
1 Low High barangay to lessen the number of people and
structures affected by disasters brought about by
climate change.
To identify relocation sites for communities

situated in high risk areas. These relocation sites
35 Very High Low will be for relocated or evacuated residents that
have encroached the established coastal setback.
To adopt structural mitigation as a remedial

Singcang High Low
measure to prevent further coastal erosion.
To adopt structural mitigation as a remedial
Tangub High Low
measure in the prevention of its coastal erosion.
(1) To establish coast setback,
(2) To establish no build/construction zones
Pahanocoy High Moderate in the area, and
(3) To protect mangroves forest and
implement periodic mangrove reforestation.
To relocate/evacuate residents from areas where
Punta Taytay Moderate High there is presence of encroachment on established
coastal setback.
Source: CPDO/MG-DENR
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FLOOD
The city has high susceptibility to flood, tsunami and storm surge. However, an inventory of the
hazards shows that flood is the most notable issue the city is facing. Flooding in Bacolod is caused by
the clogging of drainage systems with uncontrolled waste, inadequate drainage facilities, rapid urban
development, encroachment of informal settlers in drainage ways, and removal of vegetation in the
elevated areas. The MGB Flood Hazard Overlay shows that 26,480 household population are highly
susceptible as they are living along the coastline and low-lying areas.
The flood prone barangays are situated where rivers, seas, creeks and low-lying areas in the
city are found. Over the years, informal settlers have set up illegal structures along the coastline and
banks of bodies of water. Named barangays such as Alijis, Bata, Mandalagan, Pahanocoy, Taculing,
Tangub and Villamonte have been, for the previous years, experienced flooding not only along places
near creeks or rivers but also along its roads due in part to the sprouting of subdivisions. Compounded
with the non-observance of easements as stated under Article 51 of PD No. 1067 5, flooding in these
areas have been a constant concern in these communities. The continued in-migration from other
municipalities and cities in the province of Negros Occidental, stretches the already limited resource of
the city with regards to housing. The informal settlers in these flood prone barangays are at risk to
damage/loss of properties, or worst, loss of lives.
Several puroks rated with Very High Flood Susceptibility results are areas likely to experience
flood heights of 2 m. These areas are easily flooded during continued heavy rains and are also
flashflood prone. On the other hand, puroks rated with High Flood Susceptibility results are described
as areas likely to experience flood heights of >1 m. but <2 m. and/or flood duration of more than 3 days.
These areas are immediately flooded during heavy rains of several hours including landforms of
topographic lows such as active river channels, abandoned river channels, and areas along river banks
which are also prone to flashfloods.
Various puroks with Very High Flood Susceptibility rating came from Barangays Mandalagan
(3 puroks), Pahanocoy (1 purok) and Singcang (2 puroks). The existing major bodies of waters, namely
Mandalagan River, Pahanocoy Creek and Lupit River, traverse these puroks that are located in
residential areas where illegal stilt houses are a common sight along the river banks was identified as
one major cause for this rating. Also, these informal settlers and the residents of neighboring puroks
dump their garbage in these waters. The accumulated amount of garbage sediments form a shallow
river bed and garbage trapped at the bottom level of stilt houses leads to constricted river canals that
slows down the flow of river water coming out to the estuary.
It was further identified that an estimated 30% or 7,944 household population are high risk
because of location, materials used to make the house, economic status, low coping capacity to protect
one’s family, and to recover from disasters.
In order to mitigate this type of danger, settlements along the river must be avoided to prevent
residents from adverse effects of flashfloods and soil erosion. To prevent such events, flood mitigating
structures should be constructed on the sides of rivers, develop an early warning device/system for
flashfloods, and regular cleaning of drainage canals should be done to ensure efficient flow of water.
Most urban land uses have high susceptibility to flood, tsunami and storm surge, but with low
risk. Overall, Bacolod is considered a low risk city to all three.
CLUP Volumes 3 and 4 provide detailed discussions, maps and tables.
5Source: CDAsia, “Presidential Decree No. 1067, s. 1976,” Republika ng Pilipinas Official Gazette, accessed on
Philippine Standard Time: Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:02:16 AM source: PAGASA,
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/12/31/presidential-decree-no-1067-s-1976/
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8. Contour Map
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9. Hydrologic/Bodies of Water Map
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10. Erosion Map
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11. Household Distribution Map
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12. Household Flood Susceptibility Map
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13. Household Flood Risk Map
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ENVIRONMENTAL CODE
The Environmental Code contains the basic regulations. It is supplemented with ordinances and
administrative provisions that define the regulations. Environmental laws play a huge part in protecting
humans, animals, resources and habitats. Without these laws, there would be no regulations concerning
pollution, contamination, hunting, or even response to disasters.
Environmental law works to protect land, air, water and soil. Negligence of these laws results in
various punishments like fines, community service and, in some extreme cases, jail time. Without these
environmental laws, the government would not be able to punish those who treat the environment poorly.
Codes of environmental management practice have been developed and promoted by a diverse
set of interests — industry trade associations, standardization organizations, environmental advocacy
groups, and investors. Even government environmental agencies are showing interest in the approaches
used in codes, as evidenced by the recent promulgation of government voluntary programs.
Codes offer firms environmental objectives and implementation approaches that supplement those
imposed by traditional regulation. Codes call upon firms to continuously reduce their environmental impacts,
practice product stewardship, and conserve natural resources. Several codes require firms to institute
environmental management systems, that is, protocols for establishing responsibility, communicating with
employees, and assessing progress in the environmental area. While regulatory systems generally use
government inspections as the primary mechanism to ensure compliance, codes emphasize firm self-audits
and, in some cases, public disclosure and third-party verification.
The environment is a crucial and vital concern not only to the people of Bacolod, but to everyone
globally. It is imperative for Bacolodnons and the local government to seriously and sincerely join in the
global effort to preserve, protect and promote the environment.
CO No. 313 or the Environmental Code of Bacolod City aims to promote sustainable development
so that present and future generations can live in a healthy and good environment. This is a codified
statement of the most fundamental policy positions of the local government on the most vital aspects of the
environment, namely: land, air, water, coastal resources, coastal zone management, eco-tourism,
hazardous and toxic materials, and other related areas of concern. It provides policy direction for possible
future legislative enactment with the end in view of covering every vital field or aspect of the total
environmental as much as possible.
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E. EXISTING LAND USE AND LAND USE TRENDS
URBAN LAND USE TREND
The urban area embraces 41 barangays. These barangays account for 13% of the total population
(2015) and a net population density of 157 persons per hectare. Due to the expansion of the built up areas
in the adjoining rural barangays, these rural barangays are now considered forming part of the urban area.
As expected the urban area has a variety of land uses dominated by residential use, followed by
commercial, infrastructure and utilities.
Barangays Mansilingan, Estefania and Taculing are the three adjacent barangays to the poblacion
which registered the highest number of population in the 2015 POPCEN. Followed by Barangays Tangub,
Villamonte and Singcang. The barangays with the least number of people are 24 and 21.
The pattern of development of Bacolod City is best shown in the Existing General Land Use
Map of 2016. It is best described that the rapid growth expansion is directed towards the north (northeast),
central and eastern part of the city. The presence of the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road hastens the
expansion of residential, commercial and light industrial uses. With the implementation of more
infrastructure projects as well as the presence of expanded water, power and telecommunication
distribution lines, the bigger built up areas are expected to emerge in the area. Growth centers are
constantly developing and become the generator of more businesses. It is calculated that nearly 50% of
the total land area is already considered as built up area where urbanized land resulted to its growth. The
remaining areas are sustained to be productive with various agricultural crops to support the demand for
food of the residents as well as provide food security for future generations.
As shown on Table 1, the Existing General Land Use of Bacolod City in 2016 reveals that 31.02%
of its total land area is residential; 1.99% is commercial; 0.96% is industrial, 2.74% is institutional, and
13.32% is agricultural. Roads, rivers, fishponds and bodies of water comprise 1,229.19 ha. or 7.61% of the
total land area. Mixed Use (Future Urban 1 and 2) has the biggest percentage reserved for commercial or
residential use.
Table 2
Existing General Land Use, 2016
Classification Areas (ha.) Percentage
Residential 5,249 31.02%
Commercial 321 1.99%
Industrial 204.17 0.96%
Institutional 442 2.74%
Parks, Recreation &
Open Spaces (PROS) 176 1.09%
Aquaculture 159 0.99%

Rivers and Creeks 243 1.51%
Agricultural 2,150 13.32%
Mixed – Use (Future Urban 6,374 41.27%
1and 2)
Roads 827 5.12%
TOTAL 16,145 100%
Reclamation Area 262.73
Source: Bacolod CPDO
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EXISTING GENERAL LAND USE

RESIDENTIAL USE
The existing land area devoted for residential is 31.02% of the total land area of Bacolod City.
This includes the land owned by the city government and jointly developed with private developer and
National Housing Authority (NHA) as a housing resettlement project for low-income families. The
locations are in Fortune Towne, Barangay Estefania, Brgy. Mansilingan and Barangay Handumanan.
Other residential subdivisions for both low and middle income families have been developed by both
private and government agencies in several suburban barangays. These are in Barangay Bata,
Granada, Alijis, Taculing, Estefania, Singcang and Handumanan. First class residential subdivisions
have been developed also in Mandalagan, Tangub and Estefania.
For the year 2016, the Office of the Building Official reported a total number of 1,127 building
permits, 814 occupancy permits, 5,600 electrical permits, and conducted 3,962 annual safety inspection.
Total regulatory fees collected by the Office of the Building Official totals to PhP30,323,352.14.
COMMERCIAL USE
The development of commercial areas in the city mainly runs north and south from the CBD
along the city main roads. Land devoted to commercial uses is 321 ha. or 1.99% of the total land area
of the city.
For 2016, the number of building permits issued for commercial is 242. The construction of this
establishments took place in the areas within the CBD and in all urban barangays going towards north
and south mainly along Lacson St. towards the City of Talisay. Other barangays that have registered a
high number of increases of commercial land uses are Barangays Estefania, Tangub, Bata, Mandalagan,
Singcang and Taculing. Other business establishments have opened up also along the Circumferential
Road and along Burgos St. towards Barangay Granada.
INDUSTRIAL USE
The city’s industrial areas cover roughly 204.17 ha. or 0.96% of 16,145 ha. In the year 2016, the
Office of the Building Official issued a total of seven permits. Generally, industrial establishments that
are located in CBD spread out at the hinges and midsections of the city. Most light industries line the
street of Lacson in Barangay Mandalagan and along Magsaysay Avenue in Barangay Singcang and
Tangub. There are few that are situated along Magsaysay Avenue in Barangay Taculing. Heavy
industries like gasoline depot and warehouses are located along Cordova Avenue in Barangay Banago,
other power generating plant, steel fabrication and foundry shops. Some have open up along the Inner
Circumferential Road and in the reclamation area.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
Institutional or public and semi-public use is about 442 ha. or 2.74% of the total land area of the
city. The old city hall building at corner Araneta and Luzuriaga Streets occupies a space of 2,371 sq.m.
Other city offices are located at BBB Avenue, City Engineers Compound and the New Government
Center at Barangay Villamonte with an area of 5 ha.
Public buildings housing provincial and national offices are grouped in an area north of CBD.
Private and government hospitals, colleges and universities, high school and elementary
schools are mostly situated in the urban barangays near the CBD. In addition, the three major city public
markets (less than 1 km. away from each other) are also located within the urban district. Bus and
jeepneys terminals are also located in the same area. Public cemetery along Burgos St. is a place very
close to the Burgos Market and southbound terminal. Memorial parks are located mostly in the periphery
around the city in the suburban barangays of Bata, Mandalagan, Estefania, Alijis and Sum-ag Some
private schools and universities have opened up their branches in some areas outside the poblacion.
These are in Barangays Mansilingan, Tangub, Mandalagan, Villamonte and Granada. For 2016, the
Office of the Building Official issued a total number of 17 building permits for institutional uses. These
are schools, chapels and government buildings.
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AGRICULTURAL USE
An area of 50.70 ha. (34.60 ha. - irrigated, 16.10 ha. - rainfed) is devoted to rice production.
assorted vegetables has 186 ha., orchard has 25 ha., corn 30 has., root crops 90.50 has., coconut 80.00
ha., and banana 30.00 ha. The biggest portion of the agricultural land area is planted with sugarcane.
Among the sub-urban barangays that have large areas of agricultural land are Granada, Alangilan and
Felisa.
The broad alluvial plains of Bacolod City consist of river terraces and river fans which represent
the deposition of the river system. Most of the agricultural barangays belong to this landform. The soils
in the level areas of the city are suitable for production of primary crops such as: rice, sugarcane,
coconuts and vegetables.
Reclassified agricultural land must not exceed 15% for HUC as specified in MC No. 5417. All
agricultural lands within the coverage of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), although
reclassified, must undergo the process of conversion in accordance to Department of Agrarian Reform
(DAR) Administrative Order No. 1, series of 2002, as amended by DAR Administrative Order No. 3,
series of 2021, before a landowner is permitted to change its use from agricultural to other land uses as
represented in the land use plan like residential, commercial or industrial.
RECLAMATION AREA
The reclamation project under the 1995 Comprehensive Revised Reclamation Agreement
(CRRA) between Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation (BREDCO) and the City of Bacolod is
to complete the entire project including port development and land reclamation in 13 years and 9 months
from the signing of the contract in March 16, 1995. At present, the total actual reclaimed area is 262.73
ha. The location of which is from San Juan Street, it extends about 600 meters towards west and about
200 meters north of Burgos Street extension going south towards Lupit River.
HERITAGE CONSERVATION PROFILE

Since Bacolod City was declared an HUC, the administration realized the importance of
preserving of its heritage sites to avoid eventual neglect or demolition. Historical and heritage structures
include plazas and parks, social structures (churches, schools, hospitals, and ancestral homes),
economic structures (public markets and old commercial buildings and old cemeteries), and political
structures (legislative and administrative buildings).
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has declared the following
structures in Bacolod City as heritage sites: San Sebastian Cathedral, Corazon Locsin Montelibano
Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH), Rizal Elementary School, Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol,
Negros Occidental High School (NOHS), and the Old City Hall and Fountain of Justice.
ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LAND
As per DENR’s Land Classification Map No. 20, a total area of 5.04 ha. located in Barangay
Banago is labeled as Unclassified Public Forest which is subject to field validation and conformity of the
LGU. Please see Land Classification Map (Unclassified Public Forest).
MIXED – USE (Formerly Future Urban Use)

An Area of 6,374 hectares of lands are mixed use utilized for various purposes such as
Commercial, Residential, and Institutional uses. These lands are part of the Future Urban Use as
contained in the approved Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) 2001 – 2010 dated March 20, 2002
and identified for non – agricultural uses under the Town Planning Housing and Zoning Program of the
Human Settlements Commission approved in September 24, 1980.Mixed – Use ( FUU 1 & 2) areas are
spread – out in the city namely Barangay Granada , Estefania , Vista Alegre , Cabug , Sum – ag , Felisa
and Puntatay - tay. Under Mixed – Use 1 Barangay Estefania , Vista Alegre , Cabug , Sum – ag , Felisa
and Puntatay-tay and Mixed – Use 2 Barangay Granada.
16 “CLUP 2001-2010
17 “Memorandum Circular No. 54,” downloaded PDF on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 11:32 PM,
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/1993/06jun/19930608-MC-0054-FVR.pdf
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16. Heritage Overlay Map
Four (4) Heritage block overlay zones

were identified in Bacolod City
which is composed of clustered Point
of interests (POI).
1. Rizal Park Block (Rizal Monument),
2. Bacolod Public Plaza
Block (Band Stand,
Monuments, etc.),
3. San Sebastian
Cathedral Block, and
4. the Provincial
Capitol Block (Lagoon).
Scattered around the city are other

monuments like the Fountain of
Justice in front of the old
city hall which is the site of Jose Ruiz de
Luzuriaga’s house where the Spanish
forces surrendered to the Filipino
forces led by
Gen. Aniceto Lacson on November 6,
1898.
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WATER USE
The municipal waters of Bacolod City stretches approximately 7.5 km. westward facing
Guimaras Strait. The five major rivers that drains out to the sea are Lupit River, Magsungay River,
Mandalagan River, Tangub River and Sum-ag River.
The length of Bacolod City’s coastline is 21.60 km. with an estimated foreshore area of 1,993
ha. which are muddy flat and sandy loam type. A portion of the shoreline in Barangay Punta Taytay
that stretches approximately 2.1 km. is primarily a sandy loam type which is ideal for beach resorts and
other oceanic tourism activities. The northern portion of Barangay Punta Taytay bordering Barangay
Sum-ag consists of mud-flats and mangroves as this is where the delta/estuary of the Sum-ag River
drains out to the sea. Patches of oyster farms litter these areas as well as mangrove plantations that
stretches north along the shoreline approximately 2.5 km. towards Barangay Tangub. Areas adjacent
to the shoreline are suited for aquamarine culture.
In compliance to RA No. 8550 or the Philippines Fisheries Code of 1998, the Municipal Waters
of Bacolod City includes not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water and tidal waters within Bacolod
City which are not included within the protected areas as defined under RA No. 7586/National
Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Law, public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery
reserves, but also marine waters. (boundary delineation defined in the Fisheries Code or by NAMRIA).
Regulations shall be in accordance with the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, PD No. 1067,
RA No. 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, and related issuances.
Table 3
Existing Use of Water Bodies
(Water Boundary Area: 14,000 ha.)
Category Sub-Categories Area (ha.) Code
Foreshore Land 1.41 FL
Delta / Estuary 9.20 DE
PROTECTION
Mangrove 35.00 MN
Rivers and Creeks 243.00 RC
Mariculture Parks 13.00 MP
PRODUCTION Aquaculture 38.40 AC
Municipal Fishing 12,249.99 MF
OTHER USES Sea / Navigational Lane 1,300.00
Total 13,890.00
Source: CPDO
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PROTECTION FORESHORE LAND SUB-ZONE (FL-SZ)

These are designated areas defined as a string of land margining a body of water; the part of
seashore between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a low tide terrace and the upper
limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a beach scarp or berm. The Allowable Use/Activity is
legal easement with a No Other Permanent Buildings or Structures are Allowed Except for Duly
Approved Protective Coastal Structures regulation/policy.
DELTA/ESTUARY ZONE (DE)

These are landforms at the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake or
reservoir that is formed by deposition of sediments carried by the river. The regulation/policy is No Other
Permanent Buildings or Structures are Allowed Except for Duly-Approved Protective Coastal Structures
and the following Allowable Uses/Activities:
• Shell gathering
• Regulated Fishing
MANGROVE SUB-ZONE (MN-SZ)

These are designated areas defined as a community of intertidal plants including all species of
trees, shrubs, vines and herbs found on coasts, swamps, or border of swamps. The Allowable
Use/Activity is mangrove plantations with the following regulations/policies
• Strips of mangrove forest which protect the shoreline shall be maintained and shall not be
alienated. (Presidential Decree No. 705, s. 1975, Section 43)
• All mangrove swamps set aside for coast-protection purposes shall not be subject to
clearcutting operation. (Presidential Decree No. 705, s. 1975, Section 43) Prohibition of
illegal fishponds and conversion of mangroves
PRODUCTION AQUACULTURE AND MARINE CULTURE ZONE (AC/MP)

This is an area designated for “fishery operations involving all forms of raising and culturing fish
and other fishery species in fresh, brackish and marine water areas.” The Allowable Use/Activity is
aquaculture and marine culture with the following regulations/policies:
• Except for duly-approved aquaculture-related structures such as fish cages, no other
temporary structures are allowed.
• No permanent buildings or structures are allowed.
MUNICIPAL FISHING ZONE (MF)

An area where only municipal fishing is allowed. With a No Permanent Buildings or Structures
are Allowed regulation/policy and the following Allowable Uses/Activities:
• Fishing using fishing vessels of three gross tons or less
• Fishing not requiring the use of fishing vessels
OTHER USES SEA LANE ZONE

An area that is designated as an established route for water vessels traversing the municipal
waters. It may also be referred to as Navigational Lane. The Allowable Use/Activity is navigation of
water vessels with a No Buildings or Structures (fish cages/pens) are Allowed regulation/policy.
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F. INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND UTILITIES
HOUSING
The four resettlement areas in Barangays Mansilingan, Handumanan, Estafania, and Vista
Alegre have the basic utilities, facilities and amenities like installed Bacolod City Water District
(BACIWA)-ready water system, gym, installed Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc.
(CENECO)ready power system, and parks and open spaces. Handumanan, Estefania and Vista Alegre
each have a basketball court with stage, day care center, hand pumps, concrete main road, drainage
system, and health center. Added to that, Handumanan has a public market, public elementary and high
schools, jeepney and tricycle terminal, public cemetery (Christian and Muslim), and the city
slaughterhouse while in Estefania and Vista Alegre are the locations of the campuses of the Carlos
Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC).
Table 4
List of Subdivisions, 2016
Barangay No. of Project / Total Gross Area Total Road Lots
Subdivision (m2) Area (m2)
Alangilan 2 91,371 27,411
Alijis 6 1,060,289 334,600
Banago 2 7.46
Bata 3 7,188 2,156
Cabug 4 751,944 205,949
Estefania 24 2,228,012 594,868
Felisa 3 314,838 181,108
Granada 12 2,726,677 771,678
Handumanan 12 491,593 210,830
Mandalagan 12 124,922 34,454
Mansilingan 17 2,248,724 887,961
Pahanocoy 5 456,390 133,187
Punta-Taytay 3 45,612 13,683
Sum-ag 8 891,961 186,111
Taculing 9 829,648 278,557
Tangub 16 539,138 151,228
Villamonte 5 189,724 56,916
Vista Alegre 12 1,424,245 340,270
Singcang-Airport 4 212,343 63,694
Source: BHA
The development of these subdivisions in various barangays meant more roads were
constructed, installation of utilities, and establishment of other facilities like schools, churches, and
stores/markets.
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Bacolod City recognizes the importance of promotion, protection, preservation and restoration
of the health of the people through the provision and delivery of health services and through the
regulation of providers of health goods and services. Components of health care delivery system is
responsible for the formulation and development of policies, guidelines and standards of health. It is also
responsible for providing the necessary personnel, facilities and financial resources to promote good
health and sanitation.
Health Facilities are vital to health care delivery services for the community. Bacolod City is
equipped with sufficient health facilities that includes seven hospitals (1 government and 6 private
hospitals), one Main Health Dispensary City Health Office (CHO), 28 Barangay Health Stations, two
Lying-in Clinic, one Mental Health Facility in Paglaum, and a lot of private laboratories and clinics. The
hospitals have a total bed capacity of 1,712 in 2016 with a total number of 3,904 personnel. A detailed
list may be found in Volume III.
Table 5
Medical Health Personnel to Population Ratio
Personnel Ratio
Physicians 1: 26,523
Public Health Nurses 1: 26,523
Public Health Midwives 1: 20,121
Sanitary Inspectors 1: 53,046
Dentist 1: 116,702
Nutritionist 1: 583,509
Medical Technologist 1: 97,252
Dental Aides 1: 72,939
Barangay Health Worker 1:8,104
Source: CPDO
CLEAN LIVING WATER
Entangle with human health and well-being is the care for potable water. Water is connected to
identity, culture, livelihoods and economies. Water has meaning beyond the need to drink and sustain
life.
Major economic sectors from manufacturing and energy production to agriculture, food service,
tourism, and recreation depend on clean water to function and flourish. Without clean water, business
grinds to a halt. A reality too many local small business owners faced in Toledo last year when drinking
water became contaminated for several days. Community wastewater management and adequate
sewer systems play important roles in sanitation and disease prevention. Wastewater can contaminate
the local environment and drinking water supply, thereby increasing the risk of disease transmission.
Therefore, to improve health, it is vital to develop a system to manage community wastewater and
sewage.
The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 or RA No. 9275 mandates that it shall be the policy of
the state to promote environmental strategies, use of appropriate economic instruments, and of control
mechanisms for the protection of water resources and water bodies The main goal of this program is to
ensure access to clean water and avoiding contamination of rivers and seas. Water treatment is a
process involving different types of operations (physical, chemical, physicochemical and biological), the
aim of which is to eliminate and/or reduce contamination or non-desirable characteristics of water.
This act is the basis of the city’s Clean Living Water Ordinance or CO No. 979 on December 30,
2021. A directive for the establishment of a sewerage and septage management, and sewerage
collection, treatment and disposal programs for water utilities, such as the Bacolod Water District, and
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the City of Bacolod is statutorily bound to share that responsibility in the management and improvement
of water quality within its jurisdiction.
PRESENT ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER

As a highly-urbanized city, the growth of Bacolod City affects the demand of water for residential,
commercial, industrial, agricultural and other uses. The water district supplies a daily water demand of
90,618 m3 for 571,933 people as of 2016. Insufficient water supply in the city is one of the major
problems that need to be solved if the city’s development can be sustained beyond 2026.
BACIWA supplies water to the city. The total population served is 394,955. During peak hours,
water demand reaches 120,824 while the actual water production is 64,959 (in m3/day).
Table 6
Access to Potable Water
LEVEL I Water Supply System by Type and Currently, a total of three out of 41 urban
Number of Population Served by Urban barangays in Bacolod City are served at this level.
Barangays, 2016 Combining these three barangays, seven
households by shallow wells and 110 households
by deep wells. All sub-urban barangays are also
served at Level 1. The known data are the
following: shallow wells with 973 households;
deep wells serve with 3,464 households; and
improved springs with 880 households. However,
a total of 75,008 households were identified as
being served at Level 1.
LEVEL II Water Supply System by Type and All of the 61 barangays have access to and are
Number of Population Served, Year 2011 served from a communal faucet system which
are operational for daily use. Ground water is the
source of our communal faucets with a total of
1,917.33 communal faucets serving 17,256
households.
LEVEL III Waterworks System by Type and Local Waterworks System by Local Water
Number of Consumers and Average Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) in the city is the
Consumption, Year 2016. BACIWA who supplies water to the city. The total
population served is 394,955. During peak hours,
water demand reaches 120,824 while the actual
water production is 64,959 (in m3/day).
Source: CPDO/CBMS
SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT
CO No. 614 or the Septage Management System of Bacolod City Ordinance is based on the
Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004. This is a regulation to strategize and improve urban sanitation and
the environment through the reduction of domestic wastewater pollution load (particularly, the effluent
from septic tanks) to water bodies and to the groundwater, to protect the people's health; thereby, making
the city more livable. For purposes of this ordinance, septage management refers to the comprehensive
programs for managing septic tanks and the procedures for the desludging, transporting, treating and
disposing of septic tank contents. It is generally to allow human and industrial effluents to be disposed
of without danger to human health or unacceptable damage to the natural environment.
he ordinance declares to protect the environment and impose appropriate penalties for acts
which endanger the environment, and such other activities which result in pollution, acceleration of
eutrophication of rivers and lakes, or of ecological imbalance. The City Government of Bacolod is
committed to the improvement, maintenance, and conservation of the ecosystem and protection of public
health.
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EDUCATION FACILITIES
The schools are classified as to elementary, integrated, secondary and tertiary. Most of the
schools, private and public, are situated in the numbered barangays which are in the main central
business area of the city. Whereas, those in the named barangays are mostly run and operated by the
government especially those in the upland.
There are three private universities and nine colleges, two of which are public and the rest are
private. There are also 22 private vocational schools that offer technical and vocational courses. A variety
of courses are offered by the colleges and universities that prepare our students to the labor market.
Educational Facilities in the city which are located in coastal areas, creeks and near bodies of
water such as rivers and creeks, are highly susceptible and moderately susceptible to flooding and storm
surge. While those that are located in densely populated areas are susceptible to flooding due to clogged
drainage. Those schools that are near high-rise buildings are susceptible to earthquakes while two
barangays, Granada and Alangilan, are low-to-moderate susceptibility to landslides.
BACOLOD CITY COLLEGE (BCC)

BCC was created by virtue of City Ordinance No. 175, series of 1997 to address the problem of
expensive college education. Its vision is to develop the citizenry thru endowment of necessary technical,
technological and academic skills, knowledge and Christian values for them to become assets and
effective contributors to the development and industrialization of Bacolod City and of the Philippines.
When grouped according to curricular programs, the largest number of enrollees is in the BS
Office Administration with 922 students. This is attributed to the provision of more classrooms at the
Taculing Campus which became operational in June 2014 at this school year. The next largest number
of enrollees is in Associate in Computer Technology (a 2-year Ladderized program) with 880 students.
PROTECTIVE SERVICES POLICE

The central office of the Philippine National Police (PNP), located at Magsaysay Avenue, has
an area of 25,000 sq. m. which houses several buildings that compliment PNP operations. The 10
Bacolod Citizens-United for Peace (BAC-UP) precincts or substations are strategically located in the city
and headed by a BAC-UP Commander.
FIRE PROTECTION
The Bureau of Fire Protection has one central station in San Juan Street with six substations in
Rodriguez, Pahanocoy, Sum-ag, Libertad, Lopez Jaena and Granada.
SPORTS AND RECREATION
Besides being known for the MassKara Festival held every year in October, Bacolod is also
known as the golf center of the Visayas. Its three world class courses have produced some of the
country’s best swingers. These are the Bacolod Golf and Country Club, Mandalagan Golf Course, and
Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club. Two of which are located within the city while the third one is
located in the borderline of Bacolod and Murcia. All have an 18-hole layout with amazing settings that
will challenge a golfer. They are open to tourist and each have their own clubhouses. One or two clubs
boast of a swimming pool, tennis court, restaurant, and locker rooms.
Other sports where Bacolodnons excel and are very popular in the city are basketball, football,
softball, volleyball, swimming and boxing. There are quite a number of gymnasiums, both private and
public, that are available for use. There are also tennis courts situated in six barangays.
For recreation and entertainment, there are numerous venues that residents and tourists in the
city can enjoy and spend their free time like resorts, KTv and disco bars, cinemas and bowling lase.
There are numerous restaurants where visitors can taste Bacolod’s cuisine like inasal and fresh seafood.
During weekends, locals flock beaches and resorts in Barangay Punta Taytay if they want to enjoy the
sea. While those who wants the cool breeze and serenity a mountain resorts can offer often go to resorts
in upland barangays such as Barangays Granada and Alangilan.
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BACOLOD PUBLIC PLAZA

The Bacolod Public Plaza, officially called Plaza del 6 de Noviembre. It was named after the day
of the Spanish surrendered Negros Island to the Negros revolutionaries. The plaza is one of the notable
landmarks of the city which encompass two hectares and located the heart of downtown area. It is near
the old city hall and across from the San Sebastian Cathedral. The plaza is a trapezoidal park with a belt
of trees around the periphery and a gazebo at the center. Scattered within the trees are four circular
fountains.
CAPITOL PARK AND LAGOON

The Capitol Park and Lagoon is a provincial park located in front of the Provincial Capitol with
an area of three hectares. One of the features of the park is matching sculptures depicting a woman
standing alongside a water buffalo and that of a man pulling another water buffalo. These sculptures are
located at the northern and southern ends of the lagoon. These figures were executed by Italian
sculpture Francesco Riccardo Monti who also did the sculptures of the Metropolitan Manila Theater and
the University of the Philippines - Visayas Iloilo campus. Guillermo Tolentino also contributed as a
sculptor of the figures.
PANAAD PARK AND STADIUM

Bacolod City boasts of a stadium that meets international standards. Home to numerous local,
national and international sport competitions, the Panaad Park and Stadium is the home of Panaad sa
Negros Festival, dubbed as the Mother of Festivals in Negros Occidental.
The Panaad Park and Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located inside the Panaad Park and
Sports Complex in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Philippines. The stadium and the park span 25
hectares with about 60,000 eucalyptus trees. Within the area are permanent LGU booths, each depicting
their culture. Panaad hosted various international sporting events particularly football when Bacolod co-
hosted the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification against
Mongolia. The stadium is home to Ceres-Negros Football Club.
BACOLOD CITY GOVERNMENT CENTER (BCGC)

The grounds of the BCGC have also become another favorite hangout of people who wish to
relax in the evening. It has an area of five hectares that includes a plaza, the government building,
football field, and open space.
Gymnasiums
• Bacolod City National High School Gym – public;
• Bacolod Arts and Youth Sports Center (BAYS Center) – public;
• Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Activity Center (NOMPAC) – public;
• Barangay Villamonte Multi-Purpose Gymnasium – public;
• Handumanan Multi – Purpose Gymnasuim – public;
• Sum-ag Multi Purpose Gymnasium – public;
Luisa Medel National High School Gymnasium – public;
• M.G. Medalla Integreted School Gymnasium – public;
• Taculing Covered Court – public
• University of St. La Salle Gymnasium – private;
• University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Gymnasium – private;
• St. Benilde School Gymnasium – private;
• STI West Negros University Gymnasium – private;
• Bacolod Tay Tung High School Gymnasium – private;
• St. John’s Institute Gymnasium – private;
• San Juan Nepomuceno Parish Gymnasium – private; and
• NOTF Gymnasium – private.
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20. Socialized Housing Map
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21. Health Facilities Map
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22. Education Facilities Map
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23. Protective Services Facilities Map
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24. Sports and Recreation Facilities Map
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G. Transportation / Road Network

As one of the highly urbanized cities in the country, Bacolod City has quite an extensive
transportation and road network as well as infrastructure facities. In spite of the present transportation
and road networks, the problem of traffic congestion and increasing number of vehicles on the roads still
hounds the local government of the city.
Transportation is a vital instrument of the society to hasten the delivery of goods and services
from the source to destination and vice versa plays its role being subjected to the concerns and issues
that affect the traffic flow, mobilization of materials and manpower, distribution of products, etc. Bacolod
City with the total road length of 308.95891 KM extending from the CBD to other urban and sub-urban
barangays faces issues and concerns as the development and industrialization within the city goes on.
There are four major roads that serve as land transport gateway namely Lacson Street and
Circumferential Road- Bacolod-Silay Airport Road (BASAR) along North direction, Araneta Street along
South direction and Alijis-Mansilingan Road along East direction. Another new road presently
undergoing construction is the Bacolod Economic Highway which is radially parallel to the existing
Circumferential Road. The Bacolod Economic Highway will serve as a transport gateway beginning from
Barangay Sum-ag, south of Bacolod City before the Sum-ag River Bridge going to the barangay’s public
market. The Bacolod Economic Highway will traverse various named barangays going east, bypassing
and circumventing the Bacolod CBD exiting to the north of Barangay Bata by connecting to the BASAR
at the Fountain Groove-Mega World intersection.
The inadequate control in the use of street intersections seems to be a transportation problem
in Bacolod City as well, aggravating the traffic congestion. At intersections with no traffic signals, traffic
conflicts usually occur between crossing streams of vehicles. Pedestrians also obstruct vehicular flow.
At mid-blocks, traffic frictions often occur between parallel streams of vehicles. Some vehicles move
quickly and continuously while others, notably, passenger jeepneys, move slowly, stop frequently, and
pull in and out of the traffic stream.
Additional problem is caused by stalled and improperly parked vehicles. Lack of proper traffic
discipline is very noticeable especially among drivers who just abruptly change directions, use the wrong
lane of the road and cut in front of others if this give them an advantage. Weaving maneuvers are
commonly done frequently without warning signals causing interference to other drivers. In these
situations, the risk potential for accident occurrence is increased.
Passenger jeepneys also contributes to the problem. They just stop anywhere along their routes
when passengers demand them to, thus causing interference to other jeepneys as well as private cars
following them. They do not follow the loading and unloading signs. When stopping, they frequently stop
at the center of the lanes, thus effectively blocking both lanes.
The pedestrians are another source of the problem of traffic congestion. They do not always
use the provided crosswalk. They cross whenever and wherever there is an opportunity. Lack of traffic
control devices such as street lights contribute to high incidence of traffic accidents.
The calculation of current and projected urban road requirement as shown below determines
the need for additional road network system in order to serve the growing population. The utilization of
land is a vital factor that identifies the direction of development and guides us where to provide major
access roads where the built-up areas are located.
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ADEQUACY OF TOTAL ROAD LENGTH AGAINST POPULATION SERVED
CURRENT URBAN ROAD REQUIREMENT

Current Urban Requirement = Urban Population X Std. Road to Population Ratio - Existing Urban
Road Length Given:
Urban Population = 561, 875
Standard Road/Population Ratio = 2.4 km per 1000 population
Existing Urban Road Length = 1,083.23 km (Total length of National, City and
Subdivision roads)
Current Urban Road Requirement = [{561, 875 x 2.4 km/1000 population} –
1083.23091]
Current Urban Road Requirement = 1039.5419 km
The existing urban road length of Bacolod City is 1,039.5419 km which means there is a need
to construct additional road network system to conform to the requirement.
FUTURE ROAD REQUIREMENT

Projected Urban Road Requirement = Projected Population x Std. Road to Population Ratio –
Existing Urban Road Length + Additional Urban Road Requirement
Existing Urban Road Length = 1,083.23 km (Total length of National, City and
Subdivision roads)
Given:
Projected Population (10 years) = 670, 951
Standard Road/Population Ratio = 2.4 km per 1000 population
Existing Urban Road Length = 1,083.23 km
Additional Urban Road Requirement = 265.27 km
Projected Urban Road Requirement = (670,951 x 2.4/1000)
– (1083.23091+ 265.26909 km)
Projected Urban Road Requirement = 261.78 km
The projected urban road requirement for the next 10 years of Bacolod City signifies that after
a period of 10 years, there will still be considerations to construct more roads to satisfy the need despite
meeting the current road requirements.
There is an urgent need for Bacolod City must work to complete an updated Master Plan on
Drainage System to fix the issues on water accumulation and clogging on roads and other flood-prone
areas. There should be a supplementary study to derive a complete comprehensive plan for drainage
system. The importance of a well-designed drainage system is to prevent the occurrence of flood and
to reduce the level of hazard susceptibility in different areas. It is also necessary for a separate drainage
and sewerage system.
AIR TRANSPORT
The Bacolod City-Silay International Airport started operations on January 18, 2008 after the old
Bacolod Domestic Airport in Barangay Singcang ceased its operation the day before after serving the
city for more than 70 years. The new airport is located in near Silay City and 15 km away from Bacolod.
Air time travel from Bacolod and vice versa are as follows: Manila takes about an hour and 15 minutes
(mins.), Davao in an hour and 10 mins., Cagayan de Oro in one hour and Cebu in 30 mins.
Philippine Airlines, Air Philippines, Cebu Airlines, Zest Air and Sea Airlines are the carriers that
serve the Bacolod-Silay International Airport. There are daily flights to and from Negros island where
the majority is bound to and from Manila.
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SEA TRANSPORT
Table 7
List of RORO Routes/Vessels/Operators, 2017
Route/Link Company/Operator Vessel Name Schedule
MV St. Augustine of Every Monday
Manila - Bacolod 2Go Group, Inc. Hippo 10:30 AM
From Manila:
every Monday -
Manila - Bacolod - Iloilo - Cagayan
MV St. Francis 10:00 AM
- Iloilo - Bacolod - 2Go Group, Inc.
Xavier From Bacolod:
Manila - Iloilo - Bacolod - Manila
every Tuesday
9:30 AM
From Manila:
Manila - Dumaguete - Dipolog every Friday
- Zamboanga - Dipolog - Negros Navigation Co., Inc. MV St. Michael the 9:00 AM
Dumaguete-Manila - Iloilo - Archangel From Bacolod:
Bacolod - Manila every Saturday
4:00 PM
Daily
MV Lady of the 2:00 AM
Tri-Star Megalink, Inc.
Phils. Navistar 4:00 AM
7:00 AM
Daily
Dumangas, Iloilo – Bacolod Millenium Shipping Co., LCT Sto. Niño 6:00 AM
City Inc. Navistar 1:15 PM
10:00 PM
Daily
M/V Maria Beatriz
12:00 MN
Montenegro Shipping and M/V Maria
1:15 PM
Teresa
10:00 PM
Source: www.marina.gov.ph
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25. Bacolod City Road
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26. Sea Port Facility
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H. SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITIES / UTILITIES / AMENITIES
The Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) is the social welfare agency of
the city mandated to improve the living conditions of the indigent through social welfare services and
programs. The department is tasked to care, protect, and rehabilitate segments of population that have
the least in life in terms of physical, mental, and social well-being. Located at the BCGC, DSS also takes
charge of relief operations during calamities.
OFFICE OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS AFFAIRS
Under DILG MC No. 2005-63 pursuant to Rule VIII of the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of RA No. 9257, every LGU shall establish an Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs 6. On October
12, 2006, City Ordinance No. 416 was issued establishing the Elderly Benefits and Assistance Program
of the city, Creating a Trust Fund Therefor and Other Purposes. Their office is located at the old City
Hall where they provide the following services: processing of senior citizen identification cards and
booklets, issuance of movie passes, day care service for senior citizens, veterans allowance, Nuga Best
thermal acupressure treatment, personal and social development (PSD), advocacies on self and social
enhancement, feeding, livelihood and socio-cultural and recreational activities and referrals.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN CRISIS CENTER
Located in Barangay 9, the center offers the following services: intake interview guidance,
paralegal counseling, monitoring, medico-legal examination, counseling and referrals. The passage of
RA 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act of 20047 strengthened the need for a
facility that will serve battered and abused women and children. In 2015, it provided services to 260
women and 122 children.
DAY CARE CENTERS
Bacolod city operates 116 day care centers. Barangay Villamonte has the most number of
centers at 10 followed by Barangays Singcang and Mandalagan at 8. Then, at 7, comes Barangays
Estefania, Banago and Handuman. There are 13 barangays with no day care centers, namely: 1, 5, 6,
8, 13, 18, 21, 22, 25, 31, 32, 33 and 36.
HOME FOR THE BLIND
The Home for the Blind is situated at Bangga Pari, Barangay Mansilingan. Among its services
are food assistance, massage therapy, and other social protection services. In 2015 it assisted 49
individuals.
6 Angelo T. Reyes, Secretary; “Office for Senior Citizen Affairs;” Department of Interior and Local
Government, accessed on Monday February 28, 2022, 11:57 PM,
https://dilg.gov.ph/PDF_File/issuances/memo_circulars/MC2005-063.pdf
7 “Republic Act 9262: Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004,” Republic of the
Philippines Philippine Commission on Women, Philippine Standard Time: Monday, February 28, 2022,
11:42:51 PM, https://pcw.gov.ph/republic-act-9262-anti-violence-against-women-and-
theirchildrenactof-2004/
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER
The center is located at Barangay Taculing that provides residence custodial care, value
formation, spiritual enrichment, therapy, family re-integration and counseling. They assisted 412 street
children and children in conflict with the law (CICL) in 2015.
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER

Located at Barangay 20, the center provides activities such as field trips, reading, meetings, seminars
and trainings to children, students, employees, parents and other indigents. It served 2,640 beneficiaries
in 2015.
BACOLOD BOY’S HOME
Boys from ages 6-18 years old who were orphaned, abandoned, abused, neglected and street children
are given a home or as close to a home as possible in this establishment, and provide them proper
educational training for enhancement and preparation of their eventual return to society. Apart from
these two, they are also provided with health care, spiritual and social services.
BAHAY PAG-ASA (HOUSE OF HOPE) YOUTH CENTER 6

Operated by the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in their Granada campus, the center was established
as a separate corrective and transformational facility exclusively for CICL and children at risk (CAR). It
aims to administer a holistic formation/ transformational program with emphasis on basic education,
spiritual formation, life skills and livelihood skills; provide competent and committed legal services which
will include non-formal learning modules on criminal behavior and its consequences; and provide an
interfaced support system for the youth offenders after their release composed of the family, the school
or workplace, the church, and the community to ensure successful reintegration; and pilot, assess and
improve the program so that it may serve as a model for youth rehabilitation which may be replicated in
other areas of the country.
CURRENT AND PROJECTED NEEDS
DSSD is mandated to care, protect, and rehabilitate segments of the population that have the
least in life in terms of physical, mental and social well-being. The present office is spacious divided into
the following areas: for personnel, for interview and counseling, a conference room, living quarters for
male and female personnel during emergency operations, reception, exclusive space for conducting
intake interviews, and storage area for relief goods.
Several NGOs and people’s organizations (PO) provide support to DSSD including: Bahay Pag-
asa operated by USLS; Home of Hope for abandoned children; St. Vincent’s Home of the Aged for
abandoned senior citizens; Day Care Parent Organization; the Association of Persons With Disability
and Federation of Senior Citizens which include programs and projects on Children Needing
Special Protection (CNSP) and Youth Welfare ; Family (Dysfunctional) and Community Welfare;
Women’s Welfare; Welfare of the Elderly and Disabled Persons; and Community Based Rehabilitation
Programs for Mendicant.
Per DSSD standard, every 500 families should have one day care center. Based on the 2011
household population of 13,364, the ideal number should be 27; hence, there is a current need of 11.
day care centers. By 2022, the city will need 32 day care centers to serve the projected 16,094
households
6“Bahay Pag-asa Youth Center,” University of St. La Salle Bacolod Mission & Development, accessed
on Tuesday March 01, 2022 1:14 AM, https://usls.edu.ph/overviews/Bahay-Pag-AsaYouthCenter
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I. AGRICULTURE AND AGRI -INDUSTRY FACILITIES
CITY AGRICULTURE OFFICE
The City of Bacolod as the center of commerce, trade and industry, is also the center in which
agricultural products from neighboring towns and cities as well as the province, pass through for
distribution to other outlets and consumers. The City “imports”, so to speak, its requirement for rice,
vegetables, spices and other agricultural and farm products from neighboring towns, cities, and islands
like Guimaras, Cebu, Canlaon, Bantayan or Panay. Barangays Alangilan, Cabug, Estefania, Granada,
Felisa, Mandalagan, Mansilingan, Pahanocoy, Tangub, Singcang, Sum-ag and Vista Alegre are among
the agricultural barangays in Bacolod that provide vegetables and other farm produce for Bacolodnons.
Bacolod is mostly dependent on its food supply from “imported” agricultural products, those produce
that come from other countries or from other provinces of the country.
Total land area devoted to sugarcane is 4,566.56 ha. for Bacolod-Murcia area. The City
Agriculture Office recorded a total of 548.35 ha. planted with rice for the year 2016.
Bacolod has a fishing ground located in the radius between Bacolod and Guimaras and it has
several “Komisyonan" where buy and sell transactions occur. “Pala-Pala” markets are located in
Banago, Tangub, Sum-ag and Punta Taytay. Eight public markets are located in North-Burgos Market,
South-Libertad Market, Central Market, Sum-ag, Granada Public Market, Mansilingan, Villamonte and
North Capitol Road. There are10 talipapa or mini markets found in Barangays 9,31, Tangub, Singcang,
Banago, Bata, Mandalagan, Montevista, Handumanan and Punta Taytay.
The office formulated the City Coastal Resource Management Plan and formed the
MetroNegros Coastal and Marine Resources Management Council which includes the cities of Talisay,
Silay and E.B. Magalona. It also re-activated the City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management
Council.
AGRICULTURE
At present the total land area for agricultural production is 2,150.08 ha. These agricultural lands
are located in Barangays Alangilan, Granada, Cabug, Estefania, Mandalagan, Mansilingan, Felisa,
Singcang, Tangub, Pahanocoy, Sum-ag, and Vista Alegre. In 2016, a total of 679.70 ha were recorded
as areas devoted to crop production. The rest of the agricultural land area is for sugar.
All major crops declined in terms of area and volume of production as shown in Figure 13. This
might be caused by the decrease in SAFDZ areas from seven barangays to only three namely
Alangilan, Granada and Felisa. In terms of land, the biggest percentage decrease was the land for rice
production at 29.15% while corn has the least percentage at 9%. Area for root crops decreased from
73.80 ha in 2015 to 62 ha in 2016. Land for vegetable production decreased around 3 ha. Consequently,
the volume of each crop also declined with a significant decrease in the production of rice. There should
be policies to keep the supply from persistent decrease which will in turn affect the commodity prices.
Figure 13
Table EC-AG3
Comparative Agricultural Crop Areas and Production 2015
- 2016
Major Area (ha) Volume of Production (mt)
Crops 2015 2016 % Inc/Dec 2015 2016 % Inc/Dec
Rice 731.2 566.15 -29.15 2,457.22 1,966.67 -24.94
Corn 26.65 24.45 -9 49.78 45.53 -9.33
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Root crops 73.8 62 -19.03 709.85 612.65 15.87

Vegetables 30 27.1 -10.7 60 54.2 -10.7
Source: City Agriculture Office
The development of techno-demo on integrated farming system, a greenhouse area, assorted

vegetable productions area, vermi-culture area, poultry and livestock production area and ornamental
production area was developed.
HIGH VALUE CROP PRODUCTION

• Develop one Vegetable Production area.
• Conducted one Vermi – Culture Production (Organic Fertilizer). Conducted one
production area of carbonized rice hull.
• Acquired 5,000 coffee seedlings from DA-NIR and distribute for planting to 5 farmer’s
association of Barangay Alangilan.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
The number of poultry and livestock population in Bacolod indicated in the 2016 data from the
City Agriculture Office shows that there were 9,618 carabao heads, 8,056 cattle heads, 108,630 heads
of swine, 977 horses and 626 goats.
FISHING GROUND, SHORELINE, RIVERS AND CREEKS
Municipal waters and fishing ground of Bacolod City is located within the Guimaras Strait. The
fishing ground stretches to a coastline of 12 km, covering Barangays Banago, Singcang-Airport,
Tangub, Pahanocoy, Sum-ag, Punta Taytay, 1, 2, 8, 10, 12 and 14. Fishing has two defined seasons,
namely: South West Monsoon (habagat) in the months from May to September and North East
Monsoon (amihan) in the months of October to mid-May. Fish catch is always higher during the South
West Monsoon period.
Fishponds under the Fishpond Lease Agreement (FLA) with the Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are located in Barangays Sum-ag, Pahanocoy, Tangub and Banago with a
total area of 33.8 ha. There are also fishponds in Barangays Singcang-Airport and Punta Taytay. Aside
from these fishponds several barangays have also been identified as fishing communities because of
their dependency upon the fishing industry like Banago, Magsungay, Villa Esperanza, Pahanocoy and
Punta Taytay. Oysters and green shells are d in Barangays 1, 2, Singcang-Airport, Banago, Punta
Taytay, Pahanocoy and Tangub.
Fishery and agricultural products coming from the nearby agri-fishery producing towns,
municipalities and cities are sold in the markets and “talipapa” or satellite markets located in several big
and densely-populated barangays. The Food and Terminal Market by the provincial government is still
the biggest. Pollution and environmental degradation of the city’s fishing grounds, shorelines, rivers
and creeks is another problem that the local government has to tackle. With the continued use of
dynamite fishing, the encroachment of squatters and the indiscriminate dumping of human and
industrial wastes into the creek, rivers, and the sea.
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STRATEGIC AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT ZONE (SAFDZ)

RA No. 8435 of 1997 also known as the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA)
requires all local government units to identify the Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development
Zones (SAFDZ) for the establishment of infrastructure, industrial complexes, production and processing
zones and areas for marketing development and networking.
The City DA in coordination with DAR has conducted a survey to determine the total area to be
covered by SAFDZ. In 2015, the survey has identified 1,236.44 ha. as the area for agriculture with
Barangay Alangilan having the largest with 625.94 ha. followed by Granada at 346.80 and Felisa at
263.70 ha.
The lands under the SAFDZ are crucial as these are intended to secure Food Sufficiency for
the growing population. Alangilan has the largest portion of land with a SAFDZ type “Strategic Crop
Sub-development Zone” compared to the rest of barangays.
ANNUAL PRODUCTION VALUE
Rice lands have an annual production of 1,966.67 metric tons while corn production is at 45.53
metric tons annually. Root crops annual production is at 612.65 metric tons and vegetable production
amounts to 54.20 metric tons.
For the year 2016, all major crops used traditional type of farming technology. There are no
known records of pre-harvest facilities and support services for major crops in the barangays with lands
concentrating in agricultural yield. The crops high in annual production in descending order are as
follows: rice, root crops, assorted vegetables, and corn. Rice is also the crop which covers most of the
land areas in comparison with the other aforementioned produce.
PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION, AND PROTECTION OF

COASTALMARINE RESOURCES
No. of seaborne patrol operation conducted = 50

fishing No. of vessels engaged in illegal fishing apprehended = 30
No. of sea water samples collected in random site for

laboratory analysis in monitoring the occurrence of red tide= 40
No. of fisherfolks registered in our city = 1,807
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Below are the lists of farmers and fisherfolks associations as of January 31, 2022 based on the
record of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquatic Resources headed by Hon. Dindo Ramos, Councilor
of Bacolod City. There are 21 fisherfolks associations and 10 farmers associations accredited by the
committee.
FISHERFOLKS’ ASSOCIATIONS
• Barangay 1 Bacolod City Fisherfolks Association

• Barangay 3 Fisherfolks Association
• Barangay Pahanocoy Purok Mabinoligon Punta Balas Fisherfolks Association
• Baybayon Alalahoy Group of Small Fisherfolks Association
• Kitahanon Small Fisherman Association
• Small Fisherfolk Group Association
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• United Small Fishermen Association of Banago

• Barangay Punta Taytay Marginalized Fisherfolks Marketing Cooperative
• Banago Integrated Small Fisherfolk Association
• Barangay 2 Small Fishermen Association
• Purok Lilang Integrated Fisherfolk Women’s Association
• Barangay Punta Taytay Purok Makawiwili Fisherfolks Association
• Barangay Singcang Magsungay Purok 3 Fisherfolks Association
• Purok Mabinuligon 2 Fisherfolk Association
• Bacolod South Fisherfolks Association
• Purok Halandumon 1 Fisherfolks Vendors Association
• Villa Esperanza
Neighborhood Association, Inc.

• Barangay 2 Fisherfolks Association
• Paghugpong sang Mangingisda sa Punta Taytay (Pamapu)
• Kaisahan sg mga Indibidual sa Purok Sigay Barangay Singcang-Airport
Bacolod City Inc.
• Bacolod City Fisherfolks Federation, Inc.
FARMERS ASSOCIATIONS
• Benny’s Bendito Small Farmer’s Association
• Kasamhan ng Magsasaka Association
• Adiangawan Small Farmers Association
• Cabotongan CARP Beneficiaries Association
• Purok 12-A Las Altas Small Farmer’s Association
• Association of Small Farmers Purok Ilaya
• Purok Ilaya Cabug Vendor’s Association
• Hacienda Gonzaga ARB Beneficiaries Association
• Manayaosayao Farmworker’s Association
• Parents and Residents of Purok Riverside Vendors Association
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29. CARP Covered Area Map
In Bacolod there are CARPable lands that cover an Area of 1,236.44 has. These lands are located in the barangays of Alangilan,Granda and Felisa with
2,058 farmer beneficiaries.
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J. POWER, WATER, COMMUNICATION NETWORK
Energy and water companies power our economy and digital lifestyles. We rely on electricity,
water and natural gas for just about everything we do from the minute we wake up and even as we
sleep. In order to keep the energy and water flowing, utilities own and operate their own communications
networks that enable the safe, reliable and secure delivery of these essential services. Not only do these
networks help utility personnel update and maintain the wires, pipes and meters that make up our
nation’s utility infrastructure, they are also absolutely essential for protecting critical infrastructure and
national security. The communications networks operated and maintained by utilities include wireline
and wireless systems that traverse all kinds of terrain, stretching from cities to farms, cutting across
multiple states. They provide mission critical voice and data services for private internal
communications. Some utilities also leverage their communications networks to support wholesale and
retail commercial communications services.
POWER
CENECO is one of the 121 electric cooperatives in the Philippines. It was incorporated on
February 24, 1975 in Bacolod City. CENECO initially serviced Silay City then took over the electric
system of Murcia in June 1978 with the help of the national government.
CENECO purchased and took over the A.S. Diaz Electric Service (ASDES) which served
Bacolod City and Talisay City. The following year, in June 1979, CENECO took over the Bago Electric
System and Ma-ao Electric System in Bago City. At this time, CENECO’s generating units were
hardpressed to keep with the load demand of its coverage area. CENECO had to resort to load
shedding, which included scheduled brownouts. The power shortage was relieved with the coming of
the power barge from the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) on June 16, 1981. This was
stationed along Bacolod’s Reclamation Area Project and augmented CENECO’s electric power
supply.
Beginning July 4, 1984, the Palinpinon Geothermal Power Plant started supplying power to
CENECO. The plant, located in Barangay Palinpinon near Dumaguete City, became the main source of
power for Negros Island. It supplied CENECO, VRESCO, NOCECO, NORECO I and NORECO II.
CENECO suffered a major loss in its operations with the coming of Typhoon Ruping in
November 1991. Almost half of CENECO’s electric posts were damaged and had to be replaced or
repaired. The work was so extensive that normal operation was only restored the following year in
February. In late 2001, CENECO was padlocked by the Bacolod City government over the cooperative’s
tax-exempt status, resulting in non-payment of franchised and other taxes, a dispute that was resolved
with the intervention of the DILG and the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which restored the
status quo until the Supreme Court reaches a final decision.
The passage of RA No. 9136, also known as the EPIRA 2001 or the Electric Power Industry
Reform Act, restructured the power situation in the country by allowing participation of Independent
Power Producers and the privatization of the NAPOCOR.
AREAS AND PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED AND UNSERVED BY ELECTRICITY

A total of 129,312 was recorded in 2016 as the overall number of surveyed household. Coming
from both the urban and sub-urban barangays in the city. There were 75.70% or about 97,889.18
households served with electricity leaving 31,422.82 unserved households or about 34.30%. Barangay
Estefania has the most number of households of about 8,975 and 8,083 households or about 90.01%
were energized.
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NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS BY TYPE OF CONSUMER & AVERAGE POWER
CONSUMPTION (KWH/MO) NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS BY TYPE OF CONSUMER

There are five types of electrical connections. These are: domestic, industrial, commercial,
public buildings, streetlights and others. Records from CENECO show that the residential consumers
have the highest number of connections for the period 2014 – 2016. Public Buildings/ Facilities; Street
Lights. Commercial connections came next, followed by government and street lights. Industrial
connections had the least number of connections. The number of connections showed a gradual
increase within 3 years. There were 149,568 residential connections in 2014 which increased to 156,661
in 2015 and 164,830 in 2016. Likewise, commercial connections increased from 10,554 in 2014 to
10,991 in 2015 and 11,367 in 2016. Connections for government buildings, facilities and streetlights also
increased. From 570 in 2014, the number of connections increased to 590 in 2015 and 649 in 2016. Of
the total 176,998 connections 49.62% were residential, 23.56% were commercial, 26.79% were
industrial and 0.03% were government buildings, facilities and streetlights.
For Residential connections of 149,568 in 2014, it increased by 7,093 or about 4.74% in 2015,
increased by 8,169 or about 5.2% in 2016
For Commercial connections of 10,544 in 2014, it increased by 447 or about 4.23% in 2015,
increased by 376 or about 3.42% in 2016.
For Industrial connections of 130 in 2014, it increased by 12 or about 9.23% in 2015, increased by
10 or about 7.04% in 2016.
For Institutional connections of 570 in 2014, it increased by 20 or about 3.51% in 2015, increased
by 59 or about 10% in 2016.
With the different types of Power connections data records showed that there is a remarkable
increase of supply for energy with the industries operating in the city.
It is part of the long-range land use plan to industrialize parcels of land on the southernmost
part of the city. Mainly this was envisioned to bring more opportunities in terms of investments as well
as employment and revenue generation foreseen to be advantageous to the city.
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Table IF – PO 14
Number of Connections by Type of Uses and Average Consumption for the Past Three Years
2014-2016
2014 2015 2016

Type of Consumer No. of No. of No. of
Connection KW % Connection KW % Connection KW %
Residential 149,568 58,207 49.61 156,661 59,874 49.62 164,830 63,448 49.62
Commercial 10,554 27,642 23.56 10,991 28,434 23.56 11,367 30,131 23.56
Industrial 130 31,428 26.79 142 32,328 26.79 152 34,258 26.79
Institutional 0.00 0.00 0.00
Other Public
Buildings/Facilities 570 41 0.03 590 41 0.03 649 42 0.03
Street Lights
Total 160,812 117,318 100.00 168,384 120,677 100.00 176,998 127,879 100.00
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AVERAGE POWER CONSUMPTION BY TYPE OF CONSUMER
Of the total 127,879 kilowatts consumed in 2016, residential consumers had the highest average
consumption of 63,448 kilowatts. Industrial consumers came second with 34,258 kilowatts and
followed by commercial consumers with 30,131 kilowatts. Government buildings, facilities and streetlights
had the lowest at 42 kilowatts.
CENECO has five power transmission and distribution lines. The biggest area occupies 161.30
ha. and the longest distribution line spans 1,001,322 m. or 1,001.322 km. All power transmission lines
of CENECO are highly susceptible to tropical cyclone and earthquake.
CENECO has six power substations located at Barangay Alijis (Alijis Substation), Barangay 26
(Asdes Gonzaga), Barangay 13 (Reclamation Area), Punta Taytay (Sum-ag Substation), Barangay
Estefania (Burgos Substation), and Barangay Mandalagan (Mt. View Substation). All substations occupy
an area of 0.05 ha. and considered to have low susceptibility in all forms of hazard.
For 2015, Bacolod City has an actual population of 561,875. With the continuous construction
boom projected population using 1.79% PGR will reach 670,951 by 2025. Since Bacolod City’s
functional role as the Service Center of the province, there is a great possibility of more power
requirements for the next years to come.
Issues related to power utilities or companies in the electric power industry (CENECO) include
frequent brownouts and low voltage, blackouts without prior advisory, electricity price hike and the fact
that though the power services of CENECO reaches the 61 barangays of Bacolod City, there are still
several puroks of some of these barangays which do not have power connection. The residents opted
for kerosene/gas, oil/LPG and other means of lighting.
Electric power interruptions in Bacolod City are usually caused by weather system disturbances.
Intermittent rain and strong winds leave damages to our lines resulting to automatic tripoffs and major
troubles like unscheduled power interruptions. There are also unwanted incidents in some barangays
wherein secondary wires came down causing power outage. Damages on secondary wires are normally
caused by “octopus” electrical connections, old lines and illegal connections particularly “jumpers”.
Extreme heat may also harm electric wires leading to emergency interruptions.
Power outage usually lasts for various durations and frequency depending on the cause of
interruption. Some cases end after minutes. Some lasts for hours and even worse, for days. There are
areas that experience weekend brownouts while other usually experience blackout every month.
These issues and concerns can be addressed by the community members and stakeholders
by directly reporting it to the LGU. Giving the LGU the information to certain issues like those related
with power supply shall be taken by the government as the first step in resolving these issues.
The government is responsible in creating follow-up actions after the issues have been raised.
Feasibility studies and further research/analysis on these concerns shall be done prior to the planning
and formulation of certain projects to resolve these issues.
The government, stakeholders and residents’ effort to coordinate with each other and to discuss
issues in relation to power supply will result to proposals and implementation of projects such as
community (purok) power supply extension projects to remote areas with no power supply connection,
improving the power supply providers’ services by exerting extra effort to limit blackouts and brownout
occurrences and providing transparency to the public in terms of power interruption schedules to serve
as warning to the people of Bacolod City before occurrence of blackouts/brownouts.
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30. Power Facilities Map
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31. Power Facility Map (NGCP Transmission Lines)
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WATER
There are three major watershed forest reserves in the province. These are the Bago River
watershed, Ilog-Hilabangan watershed, and Kabankalan watershed. The nearest watershed to Bacolod
City is the Bago River which is connected to Sum-ag River. Due to limited water supply sources, there
is a need for expansion to the Bago River watershed in close coordination with the provincial, Murcia
and Bago LGUs. The city government needs to participate and contribute for the watershed management
plan of Negros Occidental province especially the neighboring towns and cities of Metro Bacolod such
as the cities of Talisay, Silay, Bago, and the Municipality of Murcia.
In accordance to the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, and City Ordinance No. 979 otherwise
known as the Clean Living Water Ordinance enacted December 30, 2021, the city shall endeavor also
to make use of waste water and provide for its treatment.
BACIWA currently operated by PRIMEWATER has its supply source from the upper Caliban
River located at Mt. Managaksak along Mount Mandalagan mountain range.
LEVEL I WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM BY TYPE AND NUMBER OF POPULATION SERVED

BY BARANGAYS
Figure 15
Table IF – W20
Level I Water Supply System by Type and Number of Population Served by Barangays
Year 2016
Shallow Improved
Deep Well Hazard
Well Springs
No. of Wells/Springs Susceptibility
Barangay HH Pop HH Pop Served
HH HH Pop Served
Served
No. % No. % No. % Fl Ln
3 687 4 0.58 53 6.72 L
28 295 3 1.02 51 17.29 L
38 201 6 2.99 L
Bocal-Bocal
L
Spring 1
Bocal-Bocal
H
Spring 2
Alangilan 1,500 582 38.77
Bocal-Bocal
L
Spring 3
Burol-Buro
L
Spring 2
Alijis 5,120
Banago 5,093
Bata_1 M
Bata 4,798 130 2.42 274 5.7 1 0.02
Montebello H
Cabug 2.118
Bethany L
Court
Camingawan L
Carmela De
Estefania 6.751 22 0.32 49 0.73 6 0.09 L
Bacolod
East Homes 2 L
East Homes 3 H
Fortune Town L
Glenwood L
East
Loygoy 1 L
Loygoy 7 L
Villa Alexandra L
Villa Soledad L
Felisa 1 L
Felisa 2 L
Felisa 2,139 16 0.75 56 2.62
Felisa 3 M
Felisa 3 L
Capital Village L
Loygoy 1 L
Loygoy 2 L
Loygoy 3 L
Granada 5,146 355 6.8 837 16.2 219 4.3 Loygoy 4 L

Loygoy 5 H
Loygoy 6 H
Loygoy 7 L
Loygoy 8 L
Handuman 4,876 4 0.29 Handumanan L
an
6.5MGR L
Mansilingan 1 L
Paglaum
Village 1 L
Mansilinga
2,074 14 0.38 78 1.99
n Paglaum
Village 2 L
PBH4 H
PBH5 H
Taculing 5,746 31 0.54 397 6.91 1 0.02
San Agustin
Village H
Villamonte 4,231 7 0.17
Villamonte 1 L
Victorina H
Villa Angela L
Villa Angela 1 L
Villa Angela 2 L
Vista Villa Angela 3 L
4,205 405 9.62 1,762 41.9 71 1.69
Alegre
Villa Angela 4 L
Villa Angela 5 L
Villa Angela 6 H
Villa Angela 7 L
TOTAL 980 22.43 3,574 103.51 880 44.89
Note: HH Pop – Household Population Hazard Susceptibility – Fl = Flooding; Ln =
Landslide and H = High, M = Medium, L = Low Source:
CPDO/CBMS
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Level II Water Supply System by Type and Number of Population Served by Barangays
All barangays have communal faucets from ground water source. All of which are operational. An
average of 9 households have access to these faucets serving 17,256 households.
Level III Water Supply System by Type and Number of Population Served by Barangays There
are four types of consumers: Domestic, Commercial, Industrial and Others (Government). Domestic has
the highest number of connections at 47,434. Seconded by the Commercial at 3,391.
Last will be Others. None for the Industrial. The maximum daily water demand is 90,618 cu. m. in 2016
Bacolod City Water District
In 1929, the Yulo Water Works System (YWS) was created in Bacolod City. The company owned
and managed the Boro-Boro Springs, Bocal-Bocal Springs, seven deep wells in the city proper, one
deepwell in Barangay Sum-ag, one-million gallons’ reservoir, and 66 km of pipeline.
The Yulo Water Works System was sold to NAWASA in 1955. NAWASA managed the water
company until 1965 when the Bacolod City government took over the operations. BACIWA was created
in 1973 by virtue of PD 198 and was implemented by virtue of a City Council Resolution No. 4460, series
of 1973. The Phase I project under LWUA started the same year.
The Phase I project was fully activated in 1979, with nine deepwells (Loygoy), 2.6 million gallon
reservoir, and 150 kilometers of pipelines. Another two deepwells (Mansilingan and Espinos) and a 143
cu.m. elevated tank were added to the system in 1984. The Phase II project under LWUA was signed
and implemented. It was partially used starting 1991.
The Phase II improvement and development was started in 1990 with five deepwells in Vista
Alegre and Villa Soledad, 1,500 cu. m. reservoir and 82 kilometers of pipelines. In 1991, BACIWA
became a Government Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) by virtue of a Supreme Court
decision. The Phase III project under JBIC loan was signed in 1998 and was implemented in 2002 with
12 deepwells in Mansilingan, Felisa and Handuman, 6,500 cu.m. reservoir with booster station, 1,500
cu.m. break pressure tank and 123 kilometers of pipelines. 7
BACIWA has been an integral part in the development of the city of Bacolod for nearly 44 years
and will continue to take an active role in its future developments, not only as a most competitive HUC
but also one that pushes for sustainable development.
BACIWA supplies the water needs of the city. Originally, the water supply system of Bacolod
City was constructed in 1925 as YWS under the city administration. According to sources at the
BACIWA, the management of the YWS was transferred to NAWASA in 1955 by virtue of RA 1383. On
August 10, 1965, it was returned to the city government until the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed
a resolution, SP No. 4460 on October 9, 1963 creating the BACIWA.
In the recent year, BACIWA has summarized a total of 58 electric-driven wells and two springs
as the water sources in Bacolod City. The total daily production of BACIWA is 73,760 cu.m. at which
87.25% of this is produced by wells and the remaining 12.75% is catered by springs.
Water pipeline diameter ranges from 50 mm (smallest) to 750 mm (largest). The type of pipeline
material, the year established, length, physical condition and hazard susceptibility are also as depicted
in the table. Pipelines are found out to have low susceptibility in all forms of hazard except only to
Earthquake which poses medium hazard susceptibility.
7“About Us BACIWA History,”Bacolod City Water District, accessed on Sunday March 6, 2022 10:00 PM,
http://www.baciwa.gov.ph/about/baciwa-history
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Issues of the community on water supply are that there are still areas or barangays which have
a very low water pressure. Water becomes temporarily unavailable during power outages. For some
businesses who need 24-hr supply of water, they get 18 hours only.
There will also be additional demand in residential and new business growth areas due to
developments like that of AyalaLand, Robinson’s Land, Metro Pacific Development, Megaworld,
Lancaster Group Township Development, Hi-Rise Housing Developments, New City Malls (Goldenfield
and Mandalagan), Cyber Center and other IT-BPMs and New Hospitals.
On the other hand, the major concerns of BACIWA are the NGC deep well site, Septage
Treatment Plant Site, In-lieu share, Excavation Permits for Bulk Water Pipelines and Power supply
situation. Their operational concerns include As-built plans of drainage culvert pipes, DPWH projects
(road and bridge widening caused damages by DPWH contractors), informal settlers on top/beside
bridge crossing pipes, Coordination and regulation of placement of utilities underground (water supply,
telecom, electric, drainage) and coordination with fire-fighting groups, barangays on use and protection
of fire hydrants.
Recommended interventions on these issues includes the seven additional wells, Pipeline
Extension Projects, Bulk Water Supply, Distribution, Pressure Management & NRW Reduction through
replacement of 30-year old pipelines and pipe network transmissions and District Metered Areas for
Non-Revenue Water.
BACOLOD BULK WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

The project is situated on a 2,500 square meter lot in Abada-Escay Road, Barangay Granada
and groundbreaking was held on December 2016. The BBWI project will use the Ngalan River in
Barangay Granada as surface water source.
The construction of the water system covers the water treatment plant with an initial capacity of
30,000 cubic meters per day for the two injection points, escalating to 150,000 cubic meters per day
through a 20-kilometer long water supply pipeline directly connected to the reservoirs of BACIWA located
at Barangays Granada and Mansilingan.
The 25-year bulk water supply contract signed on March 22, 2016 between BACIWA and a
consortium led by Tubig Pilipinas Group Inc., Mactan Rock Industries and TVG Builders Inc. will utilize
at least four surface water sources, including three rivers in Injection Point 1 and one river in Injection
Point 2.
The project will provide immediate access to quality and affordable water to Bacolod residents
since BACIWA is short on water supply by an estimated five million liters per day. There are even areas
in Bacolod with only four to six hours of water supply daily. Hopefully, this project will not only augment
the shortage of water supply in the city but will also be able to help new applicants for new developments
in the city.
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32. Water Facilities Map
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COMMUNICATION
Several types of communication facilities are available in Bacolod City. Among these are postal
services, internet providers, telephone services, cell site network, cable and internet, broadcast and
television network, FM Radio Stations and cable television.
Bacolod City is served by different types of communication facilities like postal services (9),
money transfer services (8), internet providers (4), telephone services providers (3), cell site network (9),
cable and internet (6), broadcast and television network (9), FM Radio Stations (14), television network
(9) and cable TV providers (3). All of which are owned and managed by private companies except the
Philippine Postal Corporation.
There are four internet service providers available in Bacolod City namely Philippine Long
Distance Telephone (PLDT), Globelines, SkyCable and Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (Lease Lines).
The written media is represented by the 8 tabloid publishers in the city. These are The Visayan
Daily Star, Sun Star Bacolod, Negros Daily Bulletin, Panay News, Kapawa News, Negros Weekly,
Bylines Magazine and Watchmen as they gather and publish news in the form of newspapers or
magazines.
Cell site networks are run by seven communication companies these are Digitel Mobile Phils.,
Inc., Smart Communications, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc., Innove, PLDT, Next Mobile and Sun Cellular.
The volume of mailing transactions for the last six years in Bacolod City. The number of mails
posted and mails delivered was quantified for each year. For the year 2014, the assessed numbers of
mailing transactions are also classified into domestic and international.
Mails delivered and posted had an erratic trend for the last six years, this means that no matter
how rapid are the modern means of sending messages/information, residents of Bacolod City still opted
to send their mails thru delivery by our public postal facilities and services.
There are about 17 servicing broadcast media stations and 8 print media in Bacolod City. The
station DYKB Radyo Busina Kanla-on Broadcasting occupies the largest area which is about 1.9 ha.
located at Purok KBS, Pta. Taytay Road, Sum-ag, Bacolod City. Each station does not cover only Negros
Occidental but also areas of neighboring provinces like Iloilo, Aklan, Cebu, Palawan, Northern
Mindanao, Negros Oriental, etc. The Visayan Daily Star, Sun Star Bacolod, Negros Daily Bulletin, Panay
News, Kapawa News, Negros Weekly, Bylines Magazine and Watchmen are the prevailing print media
in Bacolod City.
The current development need for information and communication technology in Bacolod City
is actually delivered by telephone stations, post office, letter carriers and public calling offices servicing
the city.
The projected number of letter carriers after 10 years shall be obtained by multiplying the
population by the ratio one letter carrier per 5,000 population. Since it is forecasted that the population
of Bacolod City will reach 670,951 by year 2025, this will result to at least 135 letter carriers by that time.
Even if there are already dominating advanced ways in sending messages, the Table Volume
of Transaction for the Last Six Years as per City Postal Office shows that mail transactions through
public postal offices is still an option to the residents of the city. Gadgets like cellular phones, portable
laptops, netbooks and other technologies extend easy communication and information conveyance
among remote barangays of Bacolod City. The presence of internet services to these areas likewise
provide convenience when it comes to accessing online information and social media.
Even if there are already dominating advanced ways in sending messages, the Table Volume
of Transaction for the Last Six Years as per City Postal Office shows that mail transactions through
public postal offices is still an option to the residents of the city. Gadgets like cellular phones, portable
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laptops, netbooks and other technologies extend easy communication and information conveyance
among remote barangays of Bacolod City. The presence of internet services to these areas likewise
provide convenience when it comes to accessing online information and social media.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Bacolod City is one of the cities outside Metro Manila that has been recognized as a viable
alternative destination for IT-BPMs. In 2013, Bacolod became the second city in the Visayas and
Mindanao to be elevated as a “Center for Excellence for the IT-BPM”, an award given by the Department
of Science and Technology. This award is on top of other ICT awards given to Bacolod City, recognizing
the city’s initiatives and continuing support for the industry.
There are 28 existing ICT-related companies/firms which offered various services as call
centers, IT-BPM and the like in Bacolod City. There are 18 PEZA Approved IT Zones, one Economic
Zone categorized as manufacturing and two PEZA accreditation on process in Bacolod City.
Most of IT centers choose Bacolod as their area of investment because of our competent and
educated workforce that resulted to thousands of job created and provided to residents of Bacolod. Of
the currently 19 ecozones in Negros Occidental, most of which are in Bacolod City, hosted various scales
of ICT-related enterprises. Since 2004, the real estate sector in the city had pushed for ecozones
through the crafting of the Bacolod ICT Investments Program.
The ICT industry at present is considered as one of the major economic drivers of the country,
with its big contribution to employment and revenues. Thus, a leader of the industry and prominent
lawyer, wants the ICT industry to be provided with incentives through PEZA.
There are currently 19 ecozones, mostly in Bacolod City, and about 40% of which are not filled
up yet. Many investors are coming in, but with the possible reduction and deletion of the incentives that
are presently granted to ICT enterprises, this could have very damaging repercussions to growth,
expansion and sustainability in the countryside.
Aside from IT-BPM, another sector of the ICT Industry is the Knowledge Process Outsourcing
(KPO), which comprises higher value activities such as animation and game development that provide
higher salaries to its workforce. Bacolod City has huge potential in terms of KPO development since a
lot of the city’s graduates who may not be good in oral communications skills like speaking English
fluently, but they possess the creative talent needed in KPO. The city has to step up efforts in preparing
its talent pool to complement the rapid development of the ICT Industry by including KPO in the
curriculum of its colleges and universities.
Some issue on the information and communication sectors include the poor and slow internet
access services despite the expensive monthly rate and the interruption problems on cell site signals.
In LGUs, conventional and manual filing of resident’s records have been one of the root causes of
lengthy barangay communication and information services.
To resolve these issues, the residents and stakeholders shall coordinate with the LGUs to deliver
to them these timely concerns in a way that the latter could work hand in hand with the residents and
stakeholders of the city.
Likewise, the government shall take initiatives as well to reach out for the public concerns on
information and communication and facilitate studies to be able to formulate programs, policies and
projects as major solutions to the problems.
Through different communication-and-information-related policies and improved utilities, the public will
be able to take advantage of better communication and data connection in terms of internet and mobile
network services. In the same way, the LGUs will be able to facilitate fast transactions and processing
through automation of public documents, barangay profiles and records of its residents.
In general, the presence of different communication service facilities in Bacolod City and the
influence of rapid technological advancements will result to fast and convenient transactions resulting
minimal problems in the Communication and Information Sector.
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33. Communication Facilities Map
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K. WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The management of solid waste is of growing concern for highly urbanized cities such as
Bacolod. Increased population means increased number of households that contribute to solid waste in
communities. Businesses that offer goods and services such as restaurants, hotels, malls, repair shops,
etc. are also main sources of solid wastes. That’s why the city government is steadfast in its campaign
for the No Segregation, No Collection program for solid waste management.
To intensify further the program in protecting the environment and to address properly
environmental issues, the Bacolod City government embraces PPP (Private-Public Partnership) project
to adapt some best solid waste management practices from other regions, develop environmental
management solutions and solid waste management approaches from other countries that is suitable in
managing the kind of solid wastes in our region.
COLLECTION/HAULING TRANSPORT
The Department of Public Services (DPS) is the implementing arm of the city government in the
program of Cleanliness and Sanitation. The process of collection/hauling & transportation of garbage
collected all over the city was done by private contractors, Metrowaste (January 1 – February 28, 2014),
Enviroking (March 1 – December 31, 2014), Dynamic Builders (January 2015 – September 1, 2016) and
IPM Construction and Development Corporation (September 2, 2016 – February 2017) with a
P74,291,781.40 contract including the 2 months extension (P59,433,425.12 + P14,585,356.28).
The process of collection, hauling and disposal of garbage collected all over the city from July
1, 2016 to September 1, 2016 as well as maintenance of the City’s Sanitary Landfill were exclusively
managed by the Dynamic Builders and Construction Company, Inc., the previous contractor whose
contract expired last September 1, 2016.
Succeeding Dynamic Builders upon the expiration of its contract was IPM Construction and
Development Corporation that was awarded a four months contract starting September 2, 2016 up to
January 1, 2017. The contract with IPM-CDC is for collection, hauling and disposal of solid waste only
and the maintenance of the existing sanitary landfill shall now be the responsibility of the city through the
DPS as the lead agency.
INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN (IEC)
Selected employees from this department was formed and was tasked to assist, monitor and
enforce the Solid Waste Management Information and Education Campaign of 61 barangays including
schools, markets, business and commercial establishments, assist in the conduct of monitoring of
performance of city’s private garbage hauler, assist in the enforcement of garbage related ordinances in
coordination with the City Legal Office and submits monthly accomplishments and monitoring report to
the head of office, copy furnished the City Solid Waste Management Board. The IEC Team are also
monitoring the Barangay’s 50% Garbage Fee Share to make sure that funds released to every barangay
was indeed used for the purpose it is intended to.
DISPOSAL The present disposal site of Bacolod City is at the Sanitary Landfill located at
Barangay Felisa.
The previous disposal site of Bacolod City was located at Hda. Akol, Purok Acacia, Barangay
Felisa, Bacolod City. The four-hectare disposal site is owned by the family of Mr. Teodoro Lopez, III. The
highest elevation of the disposal site ranges from 40 to 50 m. above mean sea level (AMSL).
Pursuant to the provisions of RA No. 9003, the Bacolod City Government submitted on
August 2008 to the DENR the safe closure and rehabilitation plan for the existing dumpsite in
Barangay Felisa which is required by the DENR before it can issue an authority to the city to close the
existing dumpsite and open a sanitary landfill. In CY 2009, the safe closure and rehabilitation of Phase I
and 2 of the said dumpsite was completed.
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CLEAN-UP DRIVE
Various Clean-Up Drives along the City’s main thoroughfares and “Tambakan” were
accomplished in the last six month of 2016 in order to promote cleanliness and sanitation for public
safety.
STREET CLEANING
The city maintains the cleanliness of our city streets and national roads and their corresponding
shoulders and gutters. Street cleaning activities are divided into three sections namely: Central, North
and South Sections with three shifts per day (First Shift 5:00 – 8:00 AM – 12:00 NN – 3:00 PM; Second
Shift 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM; Third Shift 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM). An average of 200
Job Orders and 24 Regular Street Cleaners employees were deployed all over the areas that need to be
kept clean and tidy all the time.
The schedules of 24 Regular Street Cleaners Employees is from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NN and 3:00
PM to 6:00 PM from Monday to Friday.
Special occasions such as Masskara, Bacolaodiat Festivals and other celebrations are marked
on the calendar of this office as these events need extra augmentation of workforce to ensure nonlittering
of garbage within the streets of the city before and after these events.
The DPS undertakes the solid waste collection and disposal. There are 15 open dump trucks,
nine compactors, two drop side truck, one Mitsubishi Canter and two skip hoist that are used to collect
garbage around the City.
The Solid Waste Management (SWM) Division undertakes garbage collection and disposal. It
serves 41 urban and 18 rural barangays. Collection are done daily at commercial zone and urban
residential areas, while rural residential areas are done twice a week. The DPS personnel are composed
of supervisors, clerks, laborers, drivers and garbage collectors. Street cleaners are tasked to keep all
the city streets clean. More or less an average of 47 regular trips were completed daily for the year 2016.
The present disposal site of the city is located at Hda. Akol, Purok Acasia, Barangay Felisa,
Bacolod City. The four-ha. disposal site is part of Mr. Teodoro Lopez’ Family Property located
approximately 2.5 km away from Barangay Poblacion or 13.5 km away from the Bacolod City Hall.
The city government also provides garbage containers in strategic areas of the different
barangays and subdivisions. Garbage receptacles are provided in all corners and nooks of the downtown
area and public markets. The different barangays in the city also provide garbage receptacles in different
strategic areas of their respective communities.
The Bacolod City Council is conducting a massive waste segregation drive through the DPS as
mandated by the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act or Republic Act of 9003 that states that the
local government unit is primarily responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions
of the act.
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A Solid Waste Action Team (SWAT) was created to lead the solid waste management programs
of the city and were introduced to the 61 barangay chairmen and women by the City Vice Mayor. The
SWAT’s main task is to monitor solid waste management initiatives in residential areas and subdivisions,
malls, public markets and coastlines. Under the SWAT are the Solid Waste Enforcement Education
Team (SWEET) and the Waste Analysis Characterization Study or WACS.
The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) spearheads the “AdoptAnEstero”
Program. This program is a collaboration of efforts of the city government, the communities along the
esteros, rivers and creeks, private sector and the DENR with the objective of achieving a cleaner, safer
and healthier environment. With this program, the residents of the communities along bodies of water
will be directly involved in the cleaning of the esteros rivers and creeks, as well as monitor those that
dump their waste and garbage into these waters. The activities of the said program will foster a sense of
ownership among residents in the concerned communities.
Another program of the city in response to the Solid Waste Management Act is the “No
Segregation, No Collection” policy. This program will be enforced at the barangay level with the city
government providing financial assistance to the barangays. The city government will allocate budget for
each barangay for the solid waste management program with the hope that the barangay officials will
use the fund properly.
SANITARY LANDFILL
The city’s sanitary landfill at Barangay Felisa is presently near its maximum capacity that city
officials are looking into another location for its new sanitary landfill. As soon as the closure plan for the
present landfill is completed, the construction of the new sanitary landfill will start. The site will be
preferably still in Barangay Felisa but if DENR will allow other areas to be considered, this will still be
accommodated in the plan.
DRAINAGE/SEWERAGE
For its drainage system, Bacolod City has yet to update its Master Plan under the
PRMDPAusAID since the original plan was made in 1955. The major activities undertaken along this
line, was the inventory of drainage lines especially along the major business districts. Originally, the pipes
or box culverts are relatively small which could not efficiency served now considering the increase volume
of commercial activities. Various drainage pipes were replaced to be more serviceable. Worth to note is
the urgency of a separate drainage and sewerage system.
There are five rivers that serve as natural drainage in areas where they are located. These are
Sum-ag River, Catmon River (Mandalagan, Sulom and Cabachawan areas), Magsungay River Grande,
Lupit Pequiño River and Tangub River. Most common sewerage system used by industrial, commercial
and residential areas for the disposal of domestic wastes or industrial wastes are septic tanks, open
canals, dead creeks and rivers which drain to Guimaras Strait.
There are 16 flood prone areas in the City comprising of communities living in low-lying areas
near the sea or riverbanks. These are the following:
1. Barangay Singcang
2. Barangay Tangub
3. Barangay 35
4. Barangay 40
5. Barangay Banago
6. Barangay Sum – ag
7. Barangay Punta Tay-tay
8. Barangay Vista Alegre
9. Parts of Barangay Taculing
10. Parts of Barangay Alijis
11. Eastside of Pahanocoy
12. Parts of Barangay Tangub
13. Henares Ext. along Lupit Bridge of Bargy.40
14. Burgos – Lopez Kaena Sts.
15. Capitol Hills – Camingawan – Esteania
16. Lopue’s Dept. Store (Mandalagan Area)
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
The fast-growing urbanization of the city has great effect especially in the environment. The
increase in number of vehicles shows progress but also contributes to the increasing air pollution
problems of Bacolod City. Record shows that the transport sector is said to be contributing 30-50%
environmental pollution and health effects caused by air pollutants may range from subtle biochemical
and physiological changes to difficulty in breathing, wheezing, coughing, apnea and aggravation of
existing respiratory and cardiac conditions.
Smoke Emission Test on each vehicle is done annually prior to renewal of vehicle registration.
A responsibility passed on to the consumers in protecting the environment. A random roadside testing
is also carried out in apprehending motorist whose vehicles failed to pass the emission standard set by
DENR.
Moreover, comprehensive monitoring activities of all private emission testing centers are
conducted. Land Transportation Office (LTO) is the implementing agency to carry out mandates of the
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 in line with the government’s drive to promote cleaner air and
pollutionfree environment for the people.
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L. ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
The highly-urbanized City of Bacolod has for more than a century held a rich history that is
deeply rooted in its sugar industry. This industry had largely shaped Bacolod and also its neighboring
towns and cities in the Province of Negros. But recent developments pose problems for the sugar
industry in Negros, that officials of both the city and the province held a Tourism Summit. They are
banking on tourism to become a “major economic driver” and make it the province’s primary industry.
Negros Island, to where Bacolod City belongs, is the country’s top sugar producer – it is also
known as the Sugar Bowl of the Philippines. Although the sugar industry continues to account for the
bulk of the island’s economy, fortunately there are new industries emerging and thriving. Recent
challenges faced by the industry pose a threat to the economic well-being of the island province. With
the rationale that the province has to prepare for the future and can’t forever be dependent on sugar, the
tourism industry emerges as one of its primary economic drivers. There is a great need to diversify
because sugar is just one product and if sugar has a low price in the world market, then this will affect
the whole province.
The province of Negros has all the potentials, but needs infrastructure to attract more tourists. It
would be easier to promote Negros if there are more infrastructures and facilities like DOT-accredited
hotels. Since Bacolod, is the entry point to other cities and municipalities of the province, it must earn its
reputation as the top model city. The recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, where
Bacolod City hosted the meetings on March 2017, garnered positive feedbacks from foreign dignitaries
and businessmen. The summit came at a most perfect time as the country’s tourism continues to be
robust and thriving.
Other industries for diversification that also have potentials to be main economic drivers are
food, real estate, agriculture and livestock. This diversification of the local economy will create massive
and highly lucrative opportunities for the Negrenses. If new industries will come in, the affordability of
things can be sustainable. New opportunities created will provide growth and job generation to the city
and the whole province.
ECONOMIC BASE
The economic base of a city deals with how it earns its living. It consists of that proportion of
employment and income generated in a local community that determines the overall level of production.
For two centuries, Bacolod City being the capital of Negros Occidental, has an economy that
was dependent on the sugar industry. But times are changing. Now the industry is facing new challenges
that the local government officials are in agreement that the province need to diversify to other industries
for its economic growth. For some years now, small portions of the vast sugarcane plantations that used
to define the landscape of Bacolod were being developed for other agricultural or commercial uses. This
diversification of the Bacolod economy would benefit the Negrenses by creating opportunities for growth
and job generation.
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
With the high demand for agricultural land for conversion to commercial and other uses, the
area for primary sector source for the city’s economy has also shrunk in size. Most of the city’s food are
sourced from its neighboring towns, such as Murcia, Talisay City, Bago City and as far away as Canlaon
City in Negros Oriental. The few remaining barangays whose main sources of income are still largely
agricultural are the upland barangays such as Felisa, Granada and Alangilan. Their primary industries
are raising of livestocks, high value crops farming and organic farming. Whereas, those barangays that
engage in fishing are coastal barangays such as Banago, Magsungay, Pahanocoy, Punta Taytay and
Sum-ag.
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The primary industries in Bacolod City are:
• Livestock (gamecocks, poultries, piggeries)
• Agriculture (high value crops farming, organic farming)
• Fishing
SECONDARY INDUSTRIES
Industries that are considered as secondary sector source for the city’s economy are those in
the Food Industry such as restaurants, eateries, and pasalubong centers;
handicrafts/ceramics making and garments manufacturing.
The secondary industries in Bacolod City are:

• Food (Restaurants and Pasalubongs Centers)
• Handicrafts/Ceramics making
• Garments manufacturing
TERTIARY INDUSTRIES
For the industries that are considered as tertiary sector source for the city’s economy are those
involved in Tourism primarily for MassKara and Bacolaodiat festivals; IT-BPM Industry
for voice and non-voice, KPO like animation; Education, since the city is home to top
colleges and universities, Real Estate which is experiencing a boom nowadays and
Trucking Services.
The tertiary industries in Bacolod City are:

• Tourism (Mass Kara, Bacolaodiat)
• IT-BPM (Call Centers, Cybercentre)
• Education (USLS, UNO-R, BCC, CAHMSC, Riverside, CSA-B, STI-WNU, etc.)
• Real Estate (Ayala Land, MegaWorld, SM, City Mall, Camella) Trucking Services
START-UP COMPANIES
Current initiatives in innovation and Start-ups are strategically addressed through enabling
policies like:
CO NO. 402, S. 2006

Laying the Procedures for SP Endorsement to PEZA of ICT Parks, Buildings, Tourism Development
Zones and Economic Zones
CO NO. 440, S. 2007

Creation of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Council & Development of ICT
Industry
CO NO. 513-2009
Creation of the Bacolod Technology and Livelihood Development Center
Establishing the Bacolod City ICT Training Scholarships for Contact Centers, Software Development,
Game Development, Animation and other IT Courses
CO NO. 08-14-673
Creating the Bacolod Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development (MSMED) Council
CO 08-15-725
Establishing the Bacolod Business Promotions and Investments Week and Setting the Bacolod Trade
Expo identifying Key Promotion Areas: Agriculture, Food and related industries, Gifts,
Housewares, Decors and Other Craft-Based Industries, Manufacturing and other Industrial Business,
Information and Communications Technology and Other Technology-Based Industries Tourism,
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Hospitality, Health and Wellness and Other Service Industries CO 08-16-775
Establishing Guidelines for the Selection of the Local Economic and Investment Promotion
Officer (LEIPO)
CO 886, S. 2019
An ordinance for the promotion of the City of Bacolod as an ideal location for startups and small
and medium ICT enterprises and the development of the startup ecosystem.
CO 856, S. 2018
An ordinance renaming the Management Information Technology and Computer Services
(MITCS) into ICT office, reorganizing its organizational structure and defining the functions of
each division.
The Bacolod Investment Incentive Code was amended in 2019 with CO No. 892 providing
incentives for Tech Start-Ups as well as industries that utilize new technology business models
including non-technology enterprises.
The BCC is poised to have an ICT Center to develop new skills and capabilities that require
analytical thinking, innovation, creativity, originality, technology design and programming.
New growth centers will pave the way to new concept developments like township and vertical
and co-living spaces. IT parks and IT Centers will be included in these developments thus jobs
of the future will continue to rise. Sectoral competitiveness, ease of doing business, innovative
investment programs and good governance are all vital in sustaining Bacolod’s position as the
Center of Commerce and Industry in the Province of Negros Occidental and will jumpstart the
City’s goal to be one of the Philippines’ SMART Cities.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION UNDER THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The passage of the Philippine E-commerce law during the third revolution prepared us to
continuously improve the information and communication technology that transform from manual to
digitization. This paved the way for the fourth industrial revolution in 2016 for the Digital Economy.
The fourth industrial revolution, from the economic world forum, represents a fundamental change
in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development,
enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second and
third industrial revolutions. These advances are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds
in ways that create both huge promise and potential peril. The speed, breadth and depth of this
revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries develop, how organizations create value and even
what it means to be human. It is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity
to help everyone, including leaders, policy-makers and people from all income groups and nations,
to harness converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centered future. The real
opportunity is to look beyond technology, and find ways to give the greatest number of people the
ability to positively impact their families, organizations and communities. There are four main areas
of digital transformation:
Process transformation, Business Model Transformation, Domain Transformation,
Cultural/Organizational Transformation.
Private sector invested for ICT solutions and infrastructure such as fiber optic to address the
increasing demand and for fast, efficient and stable connectivity as part of the digital economic
ecosystem. Converge, Globe, and PLDT/Smart started constructing their additional fiber optic lines
in Bacolod City. Businesses of MSMEs had started their Digital Transformation which includes
manufacturing, trade, services, marketing, payment, energy storage and 3D printing.
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M. DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS: PRIORITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS
Bacolod City is highly-urbanized. It has a population of 561,875 as of 2015 (PSA), with a population
growth rate of 1.79%. It enjoys a robust economy. Construction in the city is booming fueled by building
of houses, condominiums, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, malls and offices.
Government units have also engaged in expanding or constructing roads, bridges and large buildings.
The number of motor vehicles has been increasing, latest data showed an increase of 13.6% from 2015
to 2016 (LTO).
Land use planning as strategic instruments to guide urban dynamics faces particular challenges,
where urgent interventions are required to improve urban and environmental sustainability. This study
investigated and identified key challenges of land use planning and its environmental assessments to
improve the urban and environmental sustainability of Bacolod City. Such conflicting demands often
arise because of population pressure or because of national developments which involve increasing use
of under-developed areas. Some social challenges are population pressure on land resources, unequal
distribution of land, capital and opportunities, restrictions of land tenure and landownership.
Bacolod City has to address the following constraints in development:

• Informal settlers in danger zones and in government prime lots
• Flooding during rainy season and heavy rainfall
• Public transport system
• Motor vehicle parking systems
• High cost of seaport services
• Solid waste management, especially disposal of residual wastes
• Septage and Sewerage system
• Water sources and supply
• Large parcels of idle land that can be used for production and protection.
• Environmental degradation of shoreline and marine life by informal settlers
PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION GOVERNANCE/ADMINISTRATION

• Increase GSIS collection efficiency on payment of members (employees) loans and
premium contribution.
• Enhance local revenue collection growth
• Review revenue generation policies to improve collection
• Pursue legal action for graft and corrupt practices
• Identify strength and sustain/maximize utilization
• Identify weaknesses and provide strategies for improvement and refinement
• Approval of Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan and Local Climate Change
Adaptation Action Plan by the Sangguniang Panlungsod Council
• ARTA Core Team
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• Establishment of Bacolod City Medical Complex
• Institutionalize mechanism on violence against women and children
• Upgrade health services by giving primary importance to health education and disease
prevention programs
• Develop barangay participation as frontliners in crime prevention
• Enhance campaign against all forms of criminal activities, illegal gambling and illegal drugs
• Institutionalize designated express lanes or priority signages for persons with disabilities,
senior citizen and pregnant women in the areas of frontliners services.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Establishment of Local Economic and Investment Promotion Office and Officer
• Institutionalize the simplified business processing and licensing system, and a database for
local businesses
• Increase efficiency of revenue generation and collection for financial stability
• Compliance to business-friendliness and competitiveness index
• Establish other options for mode of payment especially for government services
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• Implementation of waste segregation at source and proper utilization of sanitary landfill
• Implementation of a more efficient garbage collection disposal system
• Implement the balance programs between sustained economic growth and environmental
protection
• Establishment of marker in identified hazard area and indigenous technology to measure
amount of rainfall
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
• Construction of facilities of the various sectors: social, economic, environmental,
infrastructure and institutional sectors
• Implementation of Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP)
• Construction of the Economic Highway, Farm to Market Roads, Sugar Roads, Coastal
Roads and Viaduct Development for Metro Bacolod.
• Preparation of Road Development Plan using Coordinated Road Investment Planning
System (CRIPS) for prioritization of Construction Rehabilitation, Improvement of Major
Roads, Bridges where the City’s Health Workers are Social Workers usually pass through
to reach far-flung barangays
• Coordination with the Bacolod Housing Authority (BHA) for the preparation and
implementation of Shelter Plan of the City
• Telecommunication Facilities Upgrading Program
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N. COMPARATIVE ADV ANTAGES AND COMPETITIVE EDGE
The City of Bacolod is under the leadership of Mayor Evelio Leonardia, remains as the center
of commerce, trade and industry, culture and the arts, education, investments, “Center of Excellence”
for IT-BPM and a peaceful home of 561,875 population in 2015 and projected of 578,509 for 2016. It
serves as the entrance of the sugar-rich cities and towns of the Province. Approximately 80-minutes by
air from Ninoy Aquino International Airport and 30-minutes by air from Mactan-Cebu International Airport
plus another 20-minutes of travel by land since the new airport is now located in Silay City. The port of
Bacolod is a major seaport and has daily trips to Iloilo City. By boat, Bacolod City is 18 hours from the
port of Manila and 45-minutes from the port of Iloilo City. By land, Bacolod City is approximately 2-3
hours from Iloilo City via Dumangas route.
Bacolod has an upbeat local economy and unlimited opportunities for trade and investments
because the city is home to a high percentage of the country’s top 20 corporations. Bacolod City is the
IT-BPM hub of the Western Visayas Region of the Philippines. Among the notable IT-BPM companies
operating in the city are Convergys, Teleperformance and TeleTech.
Bacolod is recognized as the Service Center of Negros Occidental, the “convention center” in
Western Visayas together with Iloilo City, another HUC in the region. Due to its geographical location of
being in the center of the whole archipelago, Bacolod City is accessible if one travels from Luzon,
Mindanao or from neighboring islands in the Visayas by land, air and water.
Bacolod is a haven for investors because of the influx of investments that pay off considerably
well. It remains as the center of various fields like commerce, trade and industry, culture and the arts,
education, and investments. Bacolod, too, is the “Center of Excellence” for IT-BPM. It is one of the only
five Philippine cities to be included in the Tholons list 2017. These elements highlight the importance of
Bacolod City in the setting of local and international contexts.
Food is the main attraction of Bacolod City. There is a plethora of restaurants in Bacolod that
serve delicious local dishes such as Bacolod Chicken Inasal (Grilled Chicken) or a wide range of
international cuisines.
Bacolod will charm you with the genuine warmth and hospitality of her people in harmony with
their lilting melodious accent. The Bacolodnons will delight you with food and cuisine that is as vigorous
yet as subtle as the legendary Ilonggo gentility and taste for the good life.
The city’s geophysical features and location have been a saving grace for the city from the past
and recent highly destructive calamities brought by ecological imbalance due to climate changes that
befall some of the islands in the country. The city is above sea level and mostly out of the path of most
typhoons about 20 or more that visit the country every year. The nearby mountains also provide a natural
barrier from the storms. However, these natural conditions and geographical location of the city do not
make the local officials complacent, rather they have been pro-active in the face of potential risks for the
city to be prepared and should have the necessary facilities in times of calamities. Political will is needed
to implement the local and national laws to mitigate adverse climate change effects brought about by
forest denudation, air and water pollution and destruction of flora and fauna.
The skyline of Bacolod City has changed dramatically due to the boom in construction of both
public and private infrastructures. More hotels, malls and buildings were added to the city’s landscape
at such a fast pace. The boom in the construction industry in the city brought in part by the Duterte
Administration’s BUILD, BUILD, BUILD Program has been taken positively by planners, engineers,
architects, and all those in the industry to plan, design and construct structures and facilities that are not
only beneficial for business growth but are also disaster resilient and adaptive to climate changes.
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CHALLENGES
• Unstable price of sugar in the world market

• Increase of informal settlers (mostly coming from other places outside of Bacolod)
• Ecological imbalance due to climate change
• Inadequate technology for production, credit and market
• Disunity among city government officials
• Lack in active government support for businesses and entrepreneurs
• Lack of tourist attractions
• Lack of employment opportunities
• Inadequate tech savvy talents
• Rural Bacolod has no Internet connectivity
OPPORTUNITIES
• City as choice destination for National and International Summits and Conventions
• Rapid growth of IT-BPM Industry
• Build, Build, Build Program of the National Government
• Promotions of local products in trade fairs and festivals (national and international)
• R & D Expenditures Allotment
• Confidence of Start-Up companies to register
• Increased STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) graduates
• Ongoing laying down of 50,000 fiber optic lines in Bacolod
• LGU initiated Green Innovation projects
• High literacy rate
• Skilled manpower resources
• Efficient peace and order situation
• Available local investment incentives
• Sufficient source of water and electricity
• Geo-physical features and location
• Readily available services and facilities
• Laidback atmosphere, friendly locals
• Low cost of living
• Active NGO-PO and Private Sector participation
BEST PRACTICES/AWARDS 8
2019
• 2019 Excellence in Local Governance Awards (EXCELL)
• Best Performing Local Government Unit – City Category in Western Visayas

• Champion - Excellence in Local Legislation
• Champion - Excellence in Administrative Governance
• Champion – Excellence in Environmental Governance
• 1st Runner-up - Excellence in Social Governance
• 1st Runner-up - Excellence in Economic Governance
8“Bacolod City Awards,” Bacolod City Government, accessed on Thursday, February 17, 2022 10:05 AM,
https://www.bacolodcity.gov.ph/city-government/city-awards
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Finalist- Digital Governance Awards (eGov Awards)

Presented by the Department of Information and Communications Technology ( DICT), the
National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), and the DILG
• Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Award for 2019
• 2019 Most Business-Friendly LGU Awards under City Level 1B category for cities outside
Metro Manila
• Top Philippine Model City
• Business Friendly High Returns
• Retirement Haven Award

2018
• First Runner-Up in the "Excellence in the Administrative Governance" category
• No. 8 Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City in the Philippines
• National Finalist-2018 PCCI Most Business-Friendly LGUs Award
• First Place, Regional Gawad KALASAG Awards 2018 (Region 6)
• As Best City DRRM Council- Highly Urbanized City Category

In the search for Excellence in Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Assistance by
the National DRRM Council. Office of the Civil Defence/Department of National Defence
(OCD/DND)
• Most Competitive City in Western Visayas
• Regional Gawad Parangal for Best Performing Local Government Unit (LGU)
• National Gawad Parangal 3rd Placer for Best Performing LGU- (Cooperative Development
Office)
• Finalist Best in eGOV Business Empowerment Category
• Top 8 Most Competitive Cities
• Rank 1 Most Competitive Cities in the Visayas
• 1st runner-up Most Livable Urban Centers in the Country
2017
• 1st Place, Regional Gawad KALASAG Awards 2017 (NIR)
• As Best City DRRM Council - Highly Urbanized City Category

(OCD/DND)
• Regional awardee in the Presidential Award for Child-Friendly City

• Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance 2017
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• op Philippine Model City
Finalist Best in eGOV

-Driven Governance Category
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1st Place, Regional Gawad KALASAG Awards
- Region VI
In the search for Excellence in Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Assistance
2015
bythe National DRRM Council. Office of the Civil t of National Defence
Defence/Departmen
(OCD/DND)
2012
National Awards
• 1st Place, Regional Gawad KALASAG Awards 2012- Region IV
(OCD/DND)
• Top 3- National Gawad KALASAG Awards 2012
• Top 5 of the Most Competitive Cities in the Philippines
• Top 2 on the Governance Efficiency Category
• Rank 1-2012 Business Registration (new application)
• Rank 1 for Business Registration (renewal)
• Rank 7 for Capital Registered Business (new application)
• Rank 3 for Capital Registered Business (renewal)
• Rank 8 for numbers of ATMs
• Rank 3 Most Number of Hotel Rooms in the Philippines
2011
National Awards Seal of Good Housekeeping Award
Finalist Most Business Friendly LGU in the Philippines
Regional Awards
Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Regional Finalist
2010
National Awards Rank 3rd in the "Next Wave" City
Award
Pilot City - Local Governance Development Fund - Partnership in Democratic Local Governance
in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam)

2009
National Awards
• 1st Place, Regional Gawad KALASAG Awards 2009, Region VI
(OCD/DND)
• Top 3- National Gawad KALASAG Awards
CROWN Award (Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition) Regional
• Green Banner Awardee of the Department of Health (DOH) in the exemplary Implementation of
Effective Nutrition Program
• AIM Best Compliance with mandated Government Development Plans on the Responsiveness
of LGU Indicator during the 2009 Philippine Competitive Cities Ranking Project (PCCRP)
• 2009 PCCRP categorized Bacolod City as one of the New Growth Centers in the Country
• Local Legislative Award National Category (DILG and Local Government and the Philippine
Councilor’s League)
• Rank 5th in the "Next Wave" City Award
• No. 3 Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (National Category)
• Best Tourism Oriented LGU (Highly Urbanized City category)
• Top 6 City Library Award

O. FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF THE CITY
The City of Bacolod will continue to perform its role as center of commerce and industry of
the Province of Negros Occidental and in Western Visayas. It provides goods, services, logistics and
facilities for IT BPM, Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE), retailers, hospitality,
real estate development, construction, and education. This role was recognized and awarded by the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) as the Most Business Friendly HUC outside
NCR and Most Competitive HUC in Western Visayas by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
in 2019-2021.
In 2013, the Department of Science and Technology – Information and Communications

Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) and the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines
(IBPAP) elevated the status of Bacolod City from Next Wave Cities to Center of Excellence for IT-
BPM. The status made Bacolod City comparable to Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Clark - the three
other areas having the same recognition. It has established a reputation as prime locations for IT-
BPM companies and one of the best places to invest for outsourcing operations.
Locating in Bacolod City is deemed advantageous because of available skilled and

Englishproficient labor force, business friendly environment, strategic location, and presence of digital
infrastructure. At present, the city is hosting IT-BPM companies, aside from call centers, engaging
into Healthcare Information Management, Medical Transcription/ Billing/ Coding, software
development, animation, game development, creative, English tutorials and other back office
activities.
A consultation with neighboring localities was held on February 2, 2018 to discuss the
proposed projects, programs and activities which focused on the infrastructure projects, and public
transport system including light rail and bus rapid transit systems. 9 Land uses of Talisay CIty,
Municipality of Murcia, and Bago City were discussed especially those adjacent to the lands of the
city. There were no conflicting land uses with the adjacent LGUs.
The existing Provincial Physical Framework plan reinforces the role of Bacolod City being a
major commercial and convention centers of the province that will radiate growth to nearby towns
and cities and that will expand spatial development for the province extending the coverage of Metro
Bacolod Area which includes cities of Bacolod, Talisay, Silay, Bago and Municipality of Murcia.
The Regional Development Plan recognizes the dual primacy of Iloilo and Bacolod. As such,
two metropolitan areas will be considered as regional centers: 1) Metro Iloilo and 2) Metro Bacolod.
In fact, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Region 6 through their consultant,
Planades Consulting Services, conducted meetings and consultations with LGUs of Metro Bacolod.
A pre-feasibility studies was conducted in close coordination with the five LGUs and Province of
Negros Occidental in the identification of major infrastructures needed of the metropolitan area and
formulated the Metro Bacolod Comprehensive and Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Master Plan.
These include logistical support such as the Metro Bacolod Busway System, Metro Bacolod Agro-
Fisheries Industrial Facility which includes cold storage and warehousing, and Metro Bacolod
Government Center which will include the Integrated ICT command center.
ICT shall be widely employed to enhance IT BPM, agricultural productivity, retailing, attract
more investments in manufacturing, travel, tourism, hospitality and public administration by providing
adequate and appropriate infrastructure such as airports, seaports, strong broadband internet
connections, stable power supply, startups and enhance digital governance. The region shall position
itself to take advantage of the opportunities offered by emerging fields in ICT itself.
9“Bacolod City Invites Neighboring Localities to Comprehensive Land Use Project;” Watchmen Daily
Journal, February 6, 2018, page 4

PART II. THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN
A. VISION, MISSION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
VISION
We dream of a Bacolod thriving on the honest labor of her sons and daughters; a most
competitive, and most livable city where business and industry flourish in an atmosphere of peace
and fair competition; where government serves its people responsibly and with transparency; a major
city not just in the Philippines but in the rest of Asia as well.
MISSION
Towards this vision, we shall endeavor to build, strengthen and enhance Bacolod’s economic
fundamentals, infrastructure, social services, human resources and public governance.
GOAL AND OBJECTIVES Goal 1. HOLISITIC SOCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOR A

LIVABLE PLACE THROUGH EMPOWERED COMMUNITY Objectives
• to promote population control and management
• to improve health care facilities and delivery to improve access to safe food sources
• to improve HH access to sanitary toilet facilities and septage treatment facility system
• to improve education facilities by achieving the standards of education
• to increase access to higher education
• to reduce environmental health hazards
• to strengthen and increase capacity for protective services in maintaining peace and order
to rehabilitate and upgrade day care centers and improve peoples’ access to sports and
recreation like district plazas, parks and playgrounds
• to reduce housing backlogs and improve the urban poor’s living conditions to preserve
local heritage, culture and art
Goal 2. SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING ENABLING

ENVIRONMENT THROUGH INNOVATIONS AND ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY
FOR INVESTMENTS AND INCOME OPPORTUNITIES AND BUSINESS
RESILIENT.
Objectives
• to improve agricultural/fisheries production and provide value-adding agri-business and
fishery business
• to expand investment and employment opportunities
• to improve income, production and productivity at the city’s commercial areas, industrial
zones, CBDs and growth corridors
• to promote innovation and smart technologies among MSMEs
• to provide greater access and connectivity to ICT services
• to harness the city’s competitive advantage to businesses to promote the city as a
touristfriendly city and the regional center of Western Visayas to improve the transport
system, signages and markers

• to provide green growth and disaster resilient infrastructure, sustainable utilities and other
site improvement to attract private sector investments
• to promote Private-Public Partnership (PPP) for infrastructure that will support local
economic enterprises
Goal 3. SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH

PEOPLE-PARTICIPATION FOR PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION, AND
DEVELOPMENT MEASURES Objectives
• to ensure strict compliance of the Clean Air Act by all motor vehicles and industries owners
of the emission standards and regulations
• to support and contribute to the management of the Negros Occidental Watershed
• to improve and protect the quality of inland, coastal and ground water
• to maintain an ecological management of solid and liquid wastes
• to protect land resources from contamination, pollution, erosion and other forms of
degradation
• to protect the urban ecosystem and bio-diversity
• to reduce urban heat
• to increase urban vegetative cover including mangroves, tree parks, green highway
corridors, bike lane green tunnels, district plazas, etc.
• to regulate development along coastlines, riverbanks, estuaries and creek
• improve air quality monitoring systems in partnership with DENR-EMB and DOST
Goal 4. EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT GOVERNANCE THROUGH ZERO CONTACT

POLICY, SMART AND DIGITALIZATION SYSTEMS TOWARDS THE FOURTH
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION UNDER THE NEW NORMAL Objectives
• to improve tax administration and collection using smart technologies and applications
• to improve participatory approach in development planning and growth management
• to improve revenue generation and fiscal management
• to improve the bureaucracy’s work structure and in-house competence and professionalism
• to reduce if not eliminate graft and corruption
• to establish public-private partnership in governance
• to improve policy making of legislations through evidence based and timing
• to formulate and promote policies, laws and ordinances on resiliency to CC/DR,
transparency and accountability

B. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
The development of a city depends mainly on the LGU as mandated by the Local
Government Code (LGC) of 1991 or RA 7160. The LGC of 1991 provided the LGU autonomy and
decentralization with the aim that the LGU’s power and authority will broaden for it to become self-
reliant. However, translating it into reality poses a challenge to many LGUs as gaps are slowly
revealed between the outcomes versus expectations.
Development Planning is a way for LGUs to close these gaps, to make outcomes and
performance of tasks as close as possible to what is expected or envisioned.
During the making of this plan, we identified the following strategies for each sector, namely:
Social, Economic, Infrastructure, Environment and Institutional.
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THRUST
More growth centers will rise across the city, where several structures are being constructed
and planned for various purposes. Growth Center means areas with the potential to grow and
accommodate the growth, and to pursue orderly development. These areas are situated in properties
donated by prominent families for use by the local government, totaling 18 hectares of prime
properties, the latest of which is the four-hectare land in Barangay Vista Alegre donated by the
Gensoli family.
The Yanson family also provided 8.9 hectares in the southern part of the city, where the new
south terminal and the MassKara coliseum and city museum are being constructed. The construction
of the medical complex will provide jobs to many Bacolodnons, and open other livelihood
opportunities for communities around the area. These structures are seen as the key to increased
economic activities to boost further development of the south.
Adjacent to the BCGC are areas that have been transformed into a commercial district and
lifestyle and nightlife centers in recent years. Megaworld’s Upper East mixed use complex, currently
under construction, is also located across the Government Center grounds.
The development direction of this administration is geared towards the pursuance of plans
and programs that will intensify infrastructure development and harness local economic drivers to
propel the city to continued economic advancement that will ultimately provide quality and inclusive
social services to all, essentially those living on the fringes of society.
• To generate development options based on the inherent potentials and opportunities of the
city
• To come up with criteria or guiding framework to evaluate development options and spatial
strategies
• To select appropriate development thrust or spatial strategies
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - PLANS/PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES HOUSING

• Provide more roads, drainage system, electrical, water facilities and other site
developments in established settlements/relocation sites;
• Provide appropriation for additional resettlement housing units to address the needs of
displaced and informal settlers of the community;
• Prototype Coastal Community Development;
• On-site Housing Program
• Provide the mitigating measures for socialized housing located in areas that are at the
risk/susceptible to hazards in the list of PPAs under the Social Development Sector.
HEALTH
Expand the coverage of the PhilHealth Program for Job Order positions of the City

Create a diagnostic facility (a 2-storey laboratory building that will offer free blood tests) that
will serve the poor citizens of the city
• Intensified Campaign Programs against Drug use and Drug Rehabilitation Program
• Establishment of a Drug Rehabilitation Facility
• Creation of a Drug Rehab team
• Immediate filling up of vacant positions of correct personnel for a certain job description and
creation of regular and permanent positions for Lying-in division
• Increase budget for sustaining medical supplies, equipment and reagents for quality service
delivery in CHO, health centers, laboratory, lying-in
• Conduct Feasibility study for the possible construction of the City Hospital to accommodate
higher number of patients and indigents
• Amendment and full implementation of Bacolod City Anti-Smoking Ordinance to City Wide
Smoke Free Zone
• Provision of potable water at various barangays and enhancement of water quality
monitoring through a faster and DOH approved system
• Enhance/strengthen reporting from all Diseases Reporting Units for effective response to
emergencies and cases of public health issues
• Enforcement of the Food Safety Law
• Improvement/Construction of Health Centers and Facilities in the barangays equipped with
complete medical equipment located in disaster-free area
• Purchase of Nebulizers and Medicines for barangays
• Full implementation of iClinicSys to all barangay health centers
• Construction of additional health facilities
• Increase MOOE for health budget/financial risk protection for the poor
• Implementation of quality public health services
• Strengthening of health information and local health systems • Compliance to health
regulations, policies and standards
EDUCATION
• Provide more courses relevant to the needs of the job market at the BCC, and professors
relevant to that courses
• Provide relevant faculty development programs to improve the competency of the faculty
and begin the accreditation process to qualify into a University
• Construction of a school library for BCC
• Construct new classrooms and repair old classrooms in public schools in the city and Site
Development of BCC
• Expand the scholarship program to benefit the poor but deserving students of Bacolod City
• Provide IT equipment to primary and secondary education to update and use electronic IT
• Construction of Day Care Centers
• Continue Nutrition program for pre-schoolers under 5 and students from primary education
• Provide legal basis and appropriation for hiring of School Teachers to augment the under
manpower of public schools
• Conduct a School-Based Summit in every school
• Review the “Pass-Fail” written policy of DepEd
• Appropriation for additional instructional materials
• Construction of additional classroom buildings to cater to needs of K-12 Program
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
• Traffic Management and Development Program; traffic signalization/channelization and
continuous maintenance parking management
• public safety ICT solution (traffic surveillance, checkpoint, e-Police)

• pedestrian facilities
• Modernize and rehabilitate traffic lights and related equipment
• Capacity training development for traffic enforcers
• Procurement of new HD CCTV cameras for traffic monitoring
• Creation of a Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) Special Group that will solve traffic
problems on site
• Additional legislation for truck bans and barkers that are major causes of heavy traffic in
city’s major roads
• Painting gutters and Parking lines
• Towing equipment or service provider for illegal parking and violators
• Pay Parking Area at Downtown area to decongest traffic
• Establishment of promenade surrounding Bacolod City Plaza including Araneta St. between
Lopues-Araneta and Plaza Mart
• Concreting/Improvement/Widening of existing roads that are major transportation routes
• Additional flyovers, motorbike, and truck lanes;
• Maintenance/Reconstruction of existing major roads (Lacson, San Juan, Lopez Jaena,
North Drive, Araneta and Gonzaga) with sufficient drainage/canal system;
• Construction of Sugar Road (Murcia-Granada-Alangilan-Talisay);
• Construction of Coastal Road and Viaduct Project from Banago to Punta Taytay
SPORTS AND RECREATION

• Implementation of grassroots sports programs in barangays, schools and community;
• Intensify training of our local coaching staff, referees and sports officials;
• Hosting of regional, national and international games and competitions in coordination with
the Provincial government and Negros Island Region;
• Appropriation to revitalize the Bacolod City Sports Development Council that will oversee
the implementation of a Comprehensive Sports Development Program;
• Sports Development for Anti-Drug Campaign Program;
• Conduct a City Sports Summit;
• Conduct regular Sports Clinic;
• Construction of Sports & Recreation facilities (Bacolod Sports Coliseum /Arena);
• Scholarship program for deserving athletes
• Summer Sports and Cultural Programs for students and youth
SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES

• To serve the poor and marginalized sectors of society
• Faster response in assisting disaster victims
• Strengthen the campaign against illegal drugs and human trafficking
• Creation of fast lane in processing financial assistance
• Ordinance to amend the anti-mendicancy law to increase penalty of both the giver and the
mendicant
• Appropriation for funeral car to serve indigents of the city
• Foot walk elevation in various puroks
• Street Lighting of various barangays
• Installation of dry-type fire hydrant
• Rehabilitation of Multi-Purpose Halls of various barangays
• Construction of Artesian Wells in various puroks
• Purchase of various calamity equipment and CCTV cameras for monitoring purposes in
barangays
• Rehabilitation of Barangay Tanod outposts
Renovation and Improvement of Barangay Water Refilling Station
Renovation of Multi-Purpose Center

• Construction of Collapsible Stage
• Construction of Transportation Terminals
• Construction of Multi-Purpose Building for the needs of Out-of-School Youth, Women and
Juvenile in conflict with law victims
• Rehabilitation/Construction of Water Supply Systems in various barangays
• Rehabilitation of UBSD Nutrition Production Area and Kitchen
• Procurement of multi-purpose vehicles
• Construction/Improvement of Barangay Gyms and Day Care Centers Health and
Sanitation Program
• Improvement of Senior Citizen’s Facilities and Construction of Gym
• NGOs/POs Social Development Projects
• Intensified Campaign Programs against Drug Use by establishing a Drug-Watch Program
in Schools and Barangays
• Rehabilitation/Improvement of Women Center
• Acquisition of computers and modern equipment for PNP, Fire Stations & Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO)
• Major Repair works for Social Development Center;
• Construction of additional buildings of City Jails;
• Rehabilitation of sites with historical significance as classified by the National Historical
Commission of the Philippines
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - PLANS/PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES
 Implement the Local Economic Development (LED) Plan

The LED Plan of Bacolod City includes spatial requirements which includes the
following:
 Strategic location for Agri and Aqua- industrial zones to process the raw materials from
agricultural crops as well as from fisheries or seafoods for added value and to meet the
demand for assembly serve foodservice system. Today, the term “logistics” applies to the
reliable movement of supplies and finished products. Logistics refers to the movement of
goods from Point A to Point B, which entails two functions: transportation and
warehousing. The overall supply chain is a network of businesses and organizations
working in a sequence of processes, including logistics, to produce and distribute goods.
 For transportation, the detailed discussion for utilities can be found in Chapter VI for
Transportation and Utilities Sector including our road network. The implementation of
these huge infrastructures can be sourced out from PPP. The city will continue to adopt
and source from Public private partnership for the People (P4) or Joint venture to provide
stable utilities such as power, water, connectivity infrastructures and efficient
transportation. In collaboration with the PPP Center for the preparation, packaging,
structuring, approval, and bidding of their projects with the private sector participation.
Logistic support such as warehousing as spatial strategy for commerce and trade will be
provided.
Strategies for LED:
 Create Local Economic Champions (LEIPO, LEDIP staff, Local Investment Board,
MSMED Council, Economic Sector Team, ARTA/E-BOSS Core Team, Private
Sector/Industry Representatives) Capacity-Building of LEDIPO
Harmonizing Vision, Plan, Programs and Activities
Developing Database and Inventory
Knowledge base of CLUP and Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP)
Deep understanding of LEDIP Guidebook, LED Profile/Factsheets, laws and

ordinances related to investment promotions and business development.

Close coordination with National Agencies such as DTI, NEDA, PPP Center,
DOE, DICT and LWU.
 Rebuilding Consumer and Business Confidence in the New Normal
Strategic position of the City – “Center of Commerce and Industry in the
Province and Western Visayas”, No. 1 Most Competitive LGU in Western
Visayas, Most Business Friendly LGU Outside NCR, Best Performing LGU in
Western Visayas, Gateway to developing neighbors in the province and region,
Bacolod is the “bagsakan” or delivery point of agricultural products unlocking
Bacolod’s Culinary Tourism
Annual review and updating of LED Profile and Economic Priorities
Major infrastructures to improve services of Utilities such as power, water,
communication including internet connectivity, and transportation.
 Transformative Resilient LED
Create an enabling business environment through policies formulated by the
people for the people
Leverage on the established and proposed new growth centers for job
generation
Business continuity plan (support services for homegrown
industries/products)
ISO/Philippine Challenge Certification
Revitalization of industries (manufacturing, IT-BPM)
LED Roadmap (SMART City Projects, Gateway to developing neighbors,
Activating Untapped Assets, Welcoming New Industries, Increased and
sustained locally sourced income, Increased job generation in new growth
areas)
“Bacolod City to the World” positioning to reach the global market
 Implement the Investment Priority Plan (IPP)
Investment Promotions Plan is a tool for local economic development to bolster the
economy of an area to: RETAIN, EXPAND, ATTRACT, and DIVERSIFY investments in the
locality. The role of the LGU is to provide an enabling environment by: building an image
(Bacolod as the Center of Commerce and Industry in the Negros Island and Western
Visayas) aligned with the core vision of the current administration- “Bacolod City is a livable,
vibrant and resilient city where business and industry can flourish in a climate of peace and
fair competition; inclusive, innovative and sustainable, where government serves its people
responsibly.”
EO No. 5 series of 2020 was issued by Mayor Leonardia designating Local Economic
Investment Promotion Officer (LEIPO) to oversee and manage the Bacolod Business
Development and Promotions Center (BBDPC) which is aimed to attract investors and
provide incentives for qualified enterprises that will promote development, generate income
and create employment opportunities for the people of Bacolod. The LEIPO closely works
with the Executive Director who is appointed by the Local Investment Board. Role of
Investment Promotions Center
 Investment Generating Activities
Updating of Local Investment Incentive Code to provide fiscal and non-fiscal
incentives
Convergence with DTI,BOI, PPP Center for strategic and aggressive investment
promotion programs
Identify and establish industry roadmaps
Intensify marketing and promotion of regional investment and trade potentials

Enhance/Intensify partnership with private sector in pushing for more investments

Conduct trade and investment missions and
summits
 Investor Servicing Activities
Provide economic profile, land use plan, investment briefs and other data needed
by the investor
Business matching
Provides briefing and knowledge sharing on government policies on investment,
incentives, wage laws, required permits, etc.
Linking the investors with possible service providers
Facilitate location visits and arranging investor’s itinerary
After sales service
 Image-Building Activities
Enhance Competitiveness and Business-Friendliness Programs
Wide dissemination of the Incentive Code
Develop a Marketing Communication Plan (branding, mix-media, advertising and
promotions, PR, activation of strategic positioning of the City as: Center of
Commerce and Industry in the Negros Island, City of Smiles and Center of
Excellence in the IT-BPM Industry)
• Implement the MSMED Plan
 Foster an Enabling Business Environment
Establishing the MSMED CENTER
Enhance and strengthen the City’s sustainable, competitive, innovative and
resilient programs and initiatives that enable business to grow
Enhance/intensify partnership with private sector in pushing for more investments
in the city
Support enterprise/tech start-ups
Provide incentives for green innovation investments
 Provide Access to Economic Opportunities for MSMEs, Coops/Access to Local
and Global Market
Widely promote the Buy Lokal, Go Local campaign of DTI
Enhance and level up the Bacolod Showroom to compete in the global market
Establish Barangay based satellite livelihood center/showrooms to discover and
promote new products
Development and production of promotional materials and optimize the use of
digital marketing
 Production Network/Productivity and Efficiency (P & E)
Link Producers to established market networks
Provide access to Productivity, Effectivity, Efficiency and Resilience
Provide access to technology and innovation
Establishment of shared service facilities and laboratories
 Provide Access to Finance
Provide guidance for micro investors and exporters to capital access
Teach new technologies or digital solutions for financial literacy and financial
management of the business
• Implement the Business Continuity/Stimulus Plan
• To implement strategic investment promotion programs to attract both domestic and
international investments
• To establish new growth centers to decongest the CBD and stir developments in
underdeveloped areas
• To create a Local Economic Investment Promotion Office (LEIPO) that will cater to the
needs of local and foreign investors and businessmen

• To update the Local Investment Incentive Code

City Ordinance No. 582 otherwise known as the Bacolod Investment Code which
provides for the policy of the city to attract investors both local and foreign by creating a
good climate for investments and providing incentives for investment that will promote
development, income generation and employment for the people of Bacolod. The Local
Investment Board is mandated to oversee the BBDPC in the regulation and promotion of
investments in the City under Sec. 8 of the Bacolod Investment Code of 2002.
Incentives are being provided for Investments in new projects under preferred
investments in the area of Manufacturing of Agro-based products, manufacturing of
handicraft, Tourism related business, Property Development Projects, Transshipment
facilities, Ecology and environment-related facilities, Education-related entities,
Printing/Publishing, Sports and Culture-related facilities, Metal and Foundry Shops, Tax
Credit for Persons Donating Property to the City Persons donating land or real property to
the City for its priority projects contemplated herein Include but are not limited to socialized
housing projects, relocation sites nature-based resort projects, public markets, bus
terminals, public parking spaces, health projects, educational institutions, government
centers, sports facilities and common service facilities.
The Proposed Investment Priority Areas to increase competitiveness, provide an
enabling environment and ease of doing business in order to attract more investments in
preferred industries such as IT – BPM Industry and Education as the main economic drivers
for sustainable economic growth, promote Green and Resilient Property Development and
accelerate Infrastructure development in healthcare, education, human settlement &
relocation site, and urban connectivity.
• To update CLUP for Zoning Ordinance
• Designate areas for accreditation of Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) that will
focus on enabling a favorable environment that will attract new investors
• To produce highly-skilled ESL and IT-BPM ready manpower to sustain Bacolod’s position
as a Center of Excellence given by IT-BPM
• Comply with DILG’s Seal of Good Local Governance criteria i.e., lower cost of doing
business. This would lure more local and foreign investors and improve our competitiveness
ranking; To implement and enhance the Ease of Doing Business programs [streamlined and
online business permit and licensing process, construction permit one stop shop, Barangay
Information System and activate the Anti-Red Tape Act Core Team
• To increase level of efficiency in business tax collection by a minimum of 30% to a high of
70%
• e-Government Enhancement Program to Improve efficiency of our real property tax
collection from 34% to 75% collection rate;
• To provide a new public cemetery that will increase collection of fees/taxes for the city
• Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Roads, Drainage and Bridges;
• Prepare SMART CITY plan (Smart Living, Smart People, SMART Economy, SMART
Environment, SMART Mobility, SMART Government)
• Rationalize Real Property Taxes – updating of Market Values of Land for RPT schedule
matrix that is well-studied, just and fair for all real property owners of Bacolod City;
• Rehabilitate our existing Economic Enterprises (like the 3 Public Markets & Manokan
Country) to make them viable and sustainable economic for the small entrepreneurs and
Support government –run Economic Enterprises (like the Public Markets & Manokan
Country) to make them viable and sustainable economic ventures for the small
entrepreneurs;
• Conduct feasibility study for the creation of the Bacolod Urban Food Center, a new and
modern public market. Rehabilitate the existing markets (Burgos, Libertad and Central
Markets);

• Maximize the use of non-productive, existing government structures and properties such as
Vendors Plaza, Old Slaughterhouse at Brgy.35, Alangilan Nature’s Park, and BREDCO; On
Employment, livelihood and Cooperative Development:
 Close coordination of BBDPC with PESO on skills matching and developing talent pools
 Develop database of STEAM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, ARTS and
Mathematics) graduates and Update Skills Registry of PESO to help residents of
Bacolod City find and be placed in jobs that are suited to their skills and qualifications;
 For Education: The City will lead by expanding the BCC and improve the courses
offered, education services and infrastructure capacities and promote readiness of
graduates for jobs of the future
 Help cooperatives by empowering the CCLDO in providing them with more livelihood
programs in various barangays;
• Jumpstart upscale and premier infrastructure projects. Build the necessary and catalytic
infrastructure projects that would support our thrust for rapid economic recovery, better
peace and order, waste management, traffic, etc. Key road arteries and bridges of the city
must be improved, widened and made safe;
• New and up-to-date traffic lights must be installed. Good traffic will translate into good
economic returns;
• Work for the establishment of the Metro Bacolod Development Authority to coordinate
metro-wide efforts in urban planning and development, traffic management, investments,
environmental protection and waste management with the Cities of Bago, Murcia, Talisay
and Silay. Let cooperation, not competition, be the basis of our relationship with these other
local government units; for the Construction of the Economic Highway, Farm to
Market Roads, Sugar Roads, Coastal road and Viaduct Development for Metro Bacolod;
• Preparation of Road Development Plan using CRIPS for prioritization of Construction,
Rehabilitation, Improvement of major Roads, Bridges and Drainage;
• Fly-over structures along strategic locations must be prioritized as well as Road widening,
road concreting, rehabilitation of foot walks, footbridge and roofing in various barangays
• Updating of SAFDZ Plan for Aquaculture Productivity Program and Formulation of SAFDZ
Plan for Agricultural Program • Tourism Development Projects:
 Welcome Arch and Visitor’s Center;
 Agri-Eco Tourism Project at Alangilan Nature’s Eco Park;
 Sum-ag Tourism Development Project;
 ChinaTown Development;
 Bacolod Urban Food Center;
 Restoration/development of Plaza del 6 de Noviembre (Public Plaza) and its
surrounding areas (Araneta Street to be developed as Pedestrian Mall);
 Casa Bacolod Hotel;
 The Azucarera;
 Old City Hall and Luzuriaga House Replica;
 Partnership with private owners & investors in the development of Old Airport;
 Equipment and materials for Tourism Promotion (branding, activation, marketing & PR)
• NGOs/POs Economic Development Projects to encourage their participation;
• Rice Production Inputs Assistance;
• Vegetable Production Inputs Assistance from both Commercial and Backyard growers
• Poultry and Livestock Production (Cattle breeding, Swine breeding, Chicken breeding)
• Agricultural Conservation/Protection Program by planting mangroves along identified
shorelines and protection of environmentally critical Agriculture and Fisheries Areas;
Prioritization of Infrastructure Development Program:
 Construction/Provision of water supply and irrigation system;
 Construction of Fish Ports;

 Provision of Post-Harvest and Fish Landing Facilities;

 Construction/Improvement of farm to market roads;
• Appropriation of budget for Research and Development on SMART City/Innovations
• Compete in various development challenge to further assess and enhance the
competitiveness, sustainability and business-friendliness performance
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT - PLANS/PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES
• Build the necessary infrastructure that would support our thrust for rapid economic recovery,
better peace and order, waste management, traffic, etc. Key road arteries and bridges of
the city must be improved, widened and made safe;
• Flood control projects for the flooded areas identified by MGB-DENR;
• Preparation of Road Development Plan using CRIPS for prioritization of Construction,
Rehabilitation, Improvement of major Roads, Bridges where the City’s Health workers and
Social workers usually pass through to reach far-flung barangays;
• Fly-over structures along strategic locations must be prioritized;
• Work for the establishment of the Metro Bacolod Development Authority to coordinate
metro-wide efforts in urban planning and development, traffic management, investments,
environmental protection and waste management with the Cities of Bago, Murcia, Talisay
and Silay. Let cooperation, not competition, be the basis of our relationship with these other
local government units;
• Rehabilitation of Footbridge and Roofing of various barangays;
• Construction of the Economic Highway, Farm to Market Roads, Sugar Roads, Coastal
Boulevard Project and Coastal Road and Viaduct Development;
• Construction of facilities and structures for City and Barangays Development Projects;
• Inventory of conditions of Structures and Properties of the City;
• Purchase of engineering equipment;
• Construction/revetment with floodwall in Lupit River, Mandalagan River and Magsungay
River
• Formulation of Road Development Plan using CRIPS
• Improvement program for farm to market roads;
• Implementation of Bus Transit System;
• Construction of modern transport terminals with market in strict compliance of Land
Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) standards;
• Construction or rehabilitation of Water Supply System;
• Improvement and extension of channel for Mambuloc Creek (Phase I to IV);
• Preparation of Shelter Plan of the City to be provided by BHA;
• Installation of sufficient road lights, upgrade traffic lights and put up additional traffic
signages;
• Installation of CCTVs in strategic areas;
• Underground cabling for power, cable and telephone lines;
• Pass an ordinance for the implementation of the Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) Plan;
• Telecommunication Facilities Upgrading Program;
• Construction of a Central Command and Evacuation Center;
• Legislations on the strict prohibition of Informal Settlements along flood water ways
• Metro Bacolod Busway System
• Metro Bacolod Agro-Fisheries Industrial Facility to include cold storage and warehousing
• Metro Government Center ti include an integrated ICT Command Center

ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT - PLANS/PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES
• Commission a study to update baseline data on Bacolod City’s biodiversity index to include
an inventory of native, migratory and endemic species of fauna and fauna still being
supported by its urban biodiversity (possible reference: San Carlos City biodiversity index).
Map out available sources of water as well as establish air and water quality monitoring.
• Develop more green spaces and landscape to better benefit from ecosystem services and
enhance human well-being.
• Help connect fragmented bio areas by integrating bio corridors in and around the city.
• Propose for Clonal Nursery at Brgy. Alangilan to be recognized as an NGP site by the
DENR.
• Develop programs to assist watersheds and water sources in and outside of the city.
• Engage the private sector in biodiversity related initiatives.
• Push for policies to improve urban biodiversity.
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT - PLANS/PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES
• Capacity Development Program;

• Improve government efficiency by reducing documentary requirements; shortening
transaction processing time, cut bureaucratic red tape and using the latest in IT;
• Raise the morale and professional capabilities of government employees by promotion,
incentives and rewards, training, etc.;
• Establish a Scholarship Program that will provide additional scholarship fund for city
employees (Division Heads for Master’s Degree);
• Creation of plantilla positions under the PESO office that will be filled-up with qualified and
competent employees;
• Preparation of all offices of list of trainings and seminars to be attended by their personnel,
these however will be reviewed first by HRD to avoid duplication;
• Formulation of Information and Communication Technology Plan (ICTP)
• HRD to fill up vacant positions that are needed immediately by various offices;
• Fast track procurement of vehicles for various offices;
• Updating of Citizen’s Charter and NGA mandated Plans and other Sectoral or Thematic
Plans;
• Debt Servicing – Relocation Site at Barangay Vista Alegre; Site development of land for
relocation of informal settlers
These series of meetings, workshops, consultations and public hearings were undertaken to
make the CLUP as inclusive as possible. All major stakeholders, as well as representatives of various
sectors of society, were invited to solicit and ensure their participation in the decision making for social
and economic development of the city.

C. DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT AND STRUCTURE PLAN
In developing a city, land use planning principles should be in place and followed, such as: 1)
evaluate and record unique features; 2) preserve cultural or historical features; 3) conserve open space
and environmental features; 4) calculate additional charges for altering land; 5) plan for mixed uses in
close proximity; 6) plan variety of transportation options; 7) set limits and managed growth patterns; and
8) encourage development in areas of existing infrastructure.
With these principles in mind, Bacolod City officials came up with this Development Concept
and Structure Plan and Map, wherein major development programs are dispersed in all directions of the
city. Most of these infrastructure developments are along major highways such as Burgos-Murcia Road,
Araneta Street and Lacson Street.
The eastern part of the city has its share of developments in the area such as the Megaworld
Upper East Side along Burgos Road. Further east, the Bacolod Nature’s Park in Barangay Alangilan
will be a welcome respite for Bacolodnons who would want to enjoy the beauty of nature. To the north,
Megaworld will put up another township called the North Hill Gateway which will be near the
BacolodSilay Airport. In the south, the Sum-ag River will be developed for a river cruise, floating
restaurant and market. To the west, where the (CBC) is situated, the Bacolod Urban Food Center will
be constructed in the BREDCO Area and the Manokan Country will be renovated. The Bacolod Public
Plaza will be improved by renovating the benches, upgrading the facilities, adding more plants and
greeneries and a multi-purpose hall will be constructed. There is a plan to construct a pedestrian mall at
Araneta Street. It can be turned into a night market offering an array of local delicacies and other
products of smallmedium enterprises in the city.
For Commercial Development, the three major public markets in the city will be
renovated/rehabilitated. Burgos Market in the North, Libertad Market situated south of the city, and the
Central Market which is in the heart of the CBD. For the Shopping area, where the majority of Chinese
businesses are located, there is a plan to put up a marker for the Bacolod Chinatown to encourage more
investors to put up their business there and revive the area.
For Combined Development in the northern part of the city, a welcome arch will be put up at the
boundary of Talisay City and Bacolod City. To the south, a fly-over will be put up at intersection of
Magsaysay Avenue and Araneta Street Extension. To the east, an overpass will be put up at Barangay
Mansilingan to mainly serve students at the nearby National High School.
For Coastal Development, there is a plan to construct the Bacolod Coastal Access Road which
starts from Barangay Banago to Barangay Punta Taytay. In cooperation with the Agriculture Office, there
are artificial reefs to be planted along the coastline of some coastal barangays in the city. The Bacolod
Sum-ag River Development is situated from the mouth of the river with about 500 meters upstream
already cleared and rehabilitated. The Bacolod Nature’s Park at Barangay Alangilan located east of the
city, is planned to be a multi-purpose park and will serve as venue for weekend get-together for families,
friends, and co-workers just approximately 30 minutes away from the center of the city.

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D. THE LAND USE PLAN
Land is a fundamental material resource and the primary platform for economic and other social
activities. The way land is used and how it is intended to be used are integral components of human
development.
A land use plan defines the ways by which land (including its water resources) should be used.
It directly affects the value of land which is related to its productive potential. Land property rights,
therefore, reflect the right to extract value from land, based on how land can be utilized in a socially
productive and acceptable manner. The concept of land and land property rights cannot be separated
from how we think about land use.
It is in this context that this Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) 2017-2026 is designed to
provide a master plan, a guide for the future actions of public officials, private groups and individuals
whose primary aim is to make Bacolod City a center of development for the next ten years and beyond.
The Proposed Land Use of Bacolod City’s CLUP 2017-2026 are as follows:
Table 8
Proposed Land Use, 2017 - 2026
Land Use Area (ha.) Percentage
Residential 5,705 35.34%
Commercial 4,240 26.26%
Industrial 1,122 6.95%
Institutional 471 2.92%
PROS 168 1.04%
Aquaculture (fishponds) 51 0.32%
Rivers and Creeks 243 1.51%
Agricultural 1,859 11.51%
Roads 1,287 7.97%
Tourism 215 1.33%
Cemeteries 158 0.98%
Dumpsite / Landfill 14 0.09%
Agri-Industrial 589 3.65%
Infrastructure (Transportation & Services) 23 0.14%
TOTAL 16,145 100%
Reclamation Area 562.81
Source: CPDO
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The dispersal of the Mixed – Use (Future Urban 1 and 2) land area is as follows: Residential use,
Commercial use, Industrial use, Institutional use and Agri-Industrial use. This would comprise around
6,203 ha. The total land area of 410 ha. from PROS, aquaculture and agriculture will be allotted to
Tourism, Cemeteries, Dumpsite/Landfill, and Infrastructure for transportation and services. The
proposed additional 460 ha. for Roads will be applied to where it is needed for the development of other
land uses. Please refer to Table 9 - Comparative Land Use – Existing and Proposed.
Table 9
Existing Land Use Area 2016 vs Proposed
Land Use Area 2017 - 2026
Proposed Proposed Land INCREASE /

Existing Land
Land Use Use 2017-2026 DECREASE
LAND USE Use Area 2016
2017-2026 Area (ha.) Percentage
(ha.)*
Area (ha.)
Residential 5,249 5,705 456 87%
Commercial 321 4,240 3,919 1220%
Industrial 204.17 1,122 918 450%
Institutional 442 471 29 7%
PROS 176 168 -8 -4%
Aquaculture 159 51 -108 -68%
Rivers and Creeks 243 243 0 0%
Agricultural 2,150 1,859 -291 -14%
Mixed Use (Future Urban 1 and 2) 6,374 0 -6,374 -100%
Roads 827 1,287 460 56%
Tourism 0 215 215 100%
Cemeteries 0 158 158 100%
Sanitary Landfill 0 14 14 100%
Agri-Industrial 0 589 589 100%
Infrastructure
0 23 23 100%
(Transportation & Services)
TOTAL 16,145 16,145
Reclamation Area 262.73 562.81 300.08 114%

Note: Round-off
Source: CPDO
PROPOSED GENERAL LAND USE 2017-2026 RESIDENTIAL USE

The proposed total land area for Residential use in Bacolod City for the years 2017-2026 is
5,705 ha. This is 35.34% of the total land area of the city that are for residential or housing purposes.
The city’s population grows at 1.79% annually based on PSA 2015 while in-migration also adds to the
housing need of the city. As stated in the Local Shelter Plan 2017-2027, the housing needs of the city
is projected at 9,646 units for the housing backlog while due to population growth is 26,141. A total of
35,787 units will be needed for the next 10 years for the city’s informal settlers and residents without
houses of their own.
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The city government through BHA aims to provide adequate, affordable, and disaster risk
housing in a peaceful and competitive community with improved and sufficient basic services and
utilities, as well as, security of land tenure affordable to the urban poor sector of the city. At present
there are four relocation sites in the city. These relocation sites are provided facilities and amenities for
the beneficiaries. Amenities for power and water are ready for installation.
The total land area needed for the next 10 years is 456 ha. The 35,787 housing units will cover
547.27 ha and 149.73 ha will cover land improvements for roads and open spaces to be used for
recreational or multi-purpose areas.
Table 10
Affordability Assessment and Land Use Calculation
Total
Income 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Group
Housing
4,692 4,954 9,179 10,736 3,579 2,647 35,787
Needs
Lot Area per
Unit in m2 60 7 12 150 300 400
0 0
Total Area in
281,520 346,780 1,101,480 1,610,400 1,073,700 1,058,800 5,472,680
m2
Total area in
28.152 34.678 110.148 161.04 107.37 105.88 547.27
ha
Land Improvements for Roads and Open Spaces in ha 149.73
TOTAL LAND REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL IN HECTARE 456.00
Source: BHA & CPDO
COMMERCIAL USE
The area that will be for Commercial use will cover 4,240 ha or 26.26%of the total land area of
the City. For the last two decades, Bacolod City has been experiencing the best market condition for
major industries such as IT-BPM, MSME, Real Estate, and Tourism-related businesses that demand for
land has been on the upswing. Most these commercial areas are situated in Barangays 1 to 41 which
comprises the CBD area. Market trend dictated the price of prime lands not only in the CBDs, but also
the surrounding barangays. With the growth of industrial business in the city, investors will be looking
into commercial area for offices, malls, and recreational facilities.
INDUSTRIAL USE
The area that will be for Industrial use will cover 1,122 ha. or 6.95% of the total land area of the
City. The bulk of the industrial areas are mainly distributed in Barangays Banago, Bata, Felisa,
Mansilingan, Alijis, Cabug, and Vista Alegre. Most of these Industrial zones are categorized as Industrial
Zone 1 (I-1) which is intended for light manufacturing or production industries that are: a)
nonpollutive/non-hazardous and b) non-pollutive/hazardous.
Industrial areas will be utilized for economic zones and businesses which includes warehousing,
food and beverages manufacturing, furniture, and construction which includes solar plants in support to
a green and renewable energy.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
The area that will be for Institutional use will cover 471 ha. or 2.92% of the total land area of the
City. These zones can be found anywhere in the city with structures to support its residents. The local
government needs to expand its institutions by way of building gyms or a multi-purpose centers, health
centers, and schools at the primary level in all the barangays. Churches, protective services stations,
hospitals, museums, traffic control/command center, and a bus transit terminal. Public and government
buildings are mostly located in Cottage Road-Lacson Street area and along Araneta Street. For the
past decade after the Bacolod Government Center was built, more public offices have set up also along
the Circumferential Road.
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AGRICULTURAL USE
The area that the City intends for Agricultural use covers 1,859 ha. or 11.51% of its total land
area. Agricultural land in the city falls under the Production Agricultural Sub-Zones which are scattered
in the following barangays: Alangilan (rice, corn, root crops and vegetables), Banago (fishponds),
Estefania (rice and vegetables), Mandalagan (rice), Mansilingan (rice, root crops and vegetables), Vista
Alegre (rice, root crops and vegetables), Granada (rice, corn, root crops and vegetables), Cabug (rice),
Pahanocoy (rice, corn, root crops and vegetables), Tangub (rice), Punta Taytay (fishponds) and Sumag
(rice). The city’s favorable economic trend demands for more residential, commercial and industrial land
which we acknowledge will encroach on agricultural land as the city becomes more highlyurbanize.
AGRI-INDUSTRIAL USE
Agri-industrial areas are provided for value added chain of agricultural products. The proposed
area will cover 589 ha. or 3.65% of the total land area of the City. The bulk of the Industrial areas are
recommended to be mainly distributed in the Barangays Alangilan, Granada, Mansilingan and Sumag.
WATER USE PLAN
The land area one kilometer away from the coastline comprises part of the Water Use Plan
included in the Zoning Ordinance of a province, city or municipality.
Data gathered based on assessment made by the MGB-DENR for the year 2015, showed that
there were coastal barangays in the city that are prone to erosion or accretion. Results showed the
following barangays with coastlines that are heavily eroded are Barangays 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 15, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 38 for numbered barangays, while for the named barangays these are Barangays
Cabug, Felisa, Granada, and Mandalagan. Those barangays that have increased land area due to
accretion are: for numbered barangays, namely Barangays 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 24, 27,
28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, Alangilan, Alijis, Banago, Bata, Estefania, Handumanan,
Mansilingan, Montevista, Pahanocoy Punta Taytay, Sum-ag, Taculing, Tangub, Villamonte, and Vista
Alegre.
PROTECTION FORESHORE LAND SUB-ZONE (FL-SZ)

These are designated areas defined as a string of land margining a body of water; the part of
seashore between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a low tide terrace and the upper
limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a beach scarp or berm.
Barangay Banago Entire coastline of barangay
Barangay 1 Entire coastline of barangay
Barangay Pahanocoy Entire coastline of barangay
Barangay Punta Taytay Entire coastline of barangay
Barangay Singcang Entire coastline of barangay
Barangay Sum-ag Entire coastline of barangay
Barangay Tangub Entire coastline of barangay
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MANGROVE SUB-ZONE (Mn-SZ)

These are designated areas defined as a community of intertidal plants including all species of
trees, shrubs, vines and herbs found on coasts, swamps, or border of swamps.
Barangay 1 Along part of creek of barangay going to coastal area Barangay Banago
Along part of creek of barangay going to coastal area
Barangay Pahanocoy Along coastline of barangay
Barangay Punta Taytay Along coastline of barangay near boundary of Bago City
Barangay Singcang Located along both rivers at barangay boundaries
Barangay Sum-ag Located along Sum-ag River and coastline of barangay
FISHERY REFUGE AND SANCTUARY SUB-ZONE (FRS-SZ)

These are designated areas where fishing or other forms of activities which may damage the
ecosystem of the area is prohibited and human access may be restricted. Regeneration of marine life
is the Allowable Use/Activity in this water zone with a No. Permanent Buildings or Structures are
Allowed regulation/policy. (Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998)
Barangay Punta Taytay Approximately 5 kms. due west off the coast of barangay
PRODUCTION Aquaculture Sub-Zone (Aq-SZ)

This is an area designated for “fishery operations involving all forms of raising and culturing fish
and other fishery species in fresh, brackish and marine water areas.” Oyster farm along shoreline of
Barangays Punta Taytay and Tangub.
Commercial Fishing Sub-Zone (CF-SZ)

An area where commercial fishing is allowed. The Allowable Use/Activity is small-scale
commercial fishing, as defined in the Fisheries Code (fishing with passive or active gear utilizing vessels
of 3.1 gross tons (GT) up to 20 GT) with a No Permanent Buildings or Structures are Allowed
regulation/policy.
The rest of the municipal waters are for commercial fishing
Mariculture Zone and Park (MZP)

An area designed to produce fishes thru sea cage culture such as bangus, siganids, groupers,
red snappers, seaweeds farming, aqua silviculture, mussel culture, oyster culture, sea ranching of
lobsters and seahorses in coral reefs and sea grass areas, and others that may be developed through
the continuing research and development program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR) and other institutions” (BFAR). Barangay Banago Portion of Sibucao coastline
OTHER USES Sea Lane Sub-Zone (SL-SZ)

An area that is designated as an established route for water vessels traversing the municipal
waters. It may also be referred to as Navigational Lane. Off the coast of Reclamation Area, and
Barangays 1, 2 and Banago.
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E. LAND AND WATER USE POLICIES
LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND

Reclassified agricultural land must not exceed 15% for HUC as specified in MC No. 54. All
agricultural lands within the coverage of CARP, although reclassified, must undergo the process of
conversion in accordance to DAR Administrative Order No. 1, series of 2002, as amended by DAR
Administrative Order No. 3, series of 2021, before a landowner is permitted to change its use from
agricultural to other land uses as represented in the land use plan like residential, commercial or
industrial.
START-UP COMPANIES
Current initiatives in innovation and start-ups are strategically addressed through enabling
policies like:
CO NO. 402, S. 2006
Laying the Procedures for SP Endorsement to PEZA of ICT Parks, Buildings,
Tourism Development Zones and Economic Zones
CO NO. 513-2009
Creation of the Bacolod Technology and Livelihood Development Center
Creating a policy regarding incentives to landowners for the following:

• Adopting the urban design of the city complementary to heritage sites and its adjacent buildings,
and government buildings
• Density bonus
• Providing more spaces for walkability such as parks and playgrounds
• Utilizing idle land in participating with government projects such as but not limited to food security,
greenbelt and landscaping, parks and playgrounds, environmental protection and sustainability
WATER
Water Zones and Coastal Zones are essential to marine life as they support the city’s marine
resources. Our Coral Reef Conservation Zone, Mangrove Forest Conservation Zones and shallow bays
are nurseries and feeding areas for most oceanic species. These shoreline mangrove forests also serve
as buffer against storm-tide surges that would otherwise have a more damaging effect on low-lying land
areas. The sandy beaches outlining the Coastal Zones of Barangay Sum-ag, Punta Taytay, Pahanocoy,
Tangub, Singcang, Banago and a few numbered barangays are rapidly getting lost due to erosion and
other socio-economic situations as indicated in the latest assessment of the MGB-DENR for all coastal
barangays of Bacolod City. These beaches also serve as a unique environment occupied by animals
that have adapted to the constant motion of sand, gravel and shells.
Coastal environments constantly adapt to changes as a result of dynamic natural processes

such as tides, waves, floods, storms and cyclones, and changing rainfall patterns that will compound
the vulnerability of Bacolod’s low-lying coastal areas. Degraded environments can accelerate this
natural process of change and increase instability in coastal environments.
In Bacolod City, the recent state of its coastal ecosystem is deteriorating. There are few of its
coastal barangays that still have mangrove protection such as Barangay Punta Taytay and Barangay
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Singcang-Airport. Mangroves serve as shoreline protection making the coastal communities less
vulnerable and reducing their risks to elements such as storm surge and tsunami.
Flood prone barangays are mostly coastal barangays. Some major causes that has been
identified as the reason why there is high susceptibility of flooding in these areas is that these existing
major bodies of waters namely Mandalagan River, Pahanocoy Creek and Lupit River traverse residential
areas where there are illegal stilt houses along the river banks. The bodies of water are also where
these illegal households of nearby barangays dump their garbage. The accumulated amount garbage
sediments form a shallow river bed and garbage trapped at the bottom level of stilt houses leads to a
constricted river canals that slows down the flow of river water coming out in the estuary.
Some of the water use policies already adapted and implemented by the city are use of artificial
reefs or the promotion of marine life and strict enforcement of mangrove protection/reforestation. The
City Agriculture Office’s project is to set up artificial reefs in some of the coastal barangays of the city.
The local ENRO is proposed to draft AO for LCE to sign for the establishment of water quality areas and
air sheds using laws (e.g. RA 8749, Clean Air Act, PD 1067 Water Code of the Philippines) are already
in place.
Recent studies acknowledge that land and water are inseparable. Natural or manmade
activities or occurrences on land have direct or indirect effects on water, hence coastal zoning has been
integrated in land use plans. While previously, the emphasis of planners was on the rational use of land
resources, the importance of properly managing coastal areas has come to fore as planners have
recognized the importance of properly regulating water uses. Therefore, the interrelation of land and
water must be considered in preparing the Comprehensive Land Use Plan particularly in the context of
climate change and disaster risk reduction and management.
Development brings about urbanization of a locality that will result to population growth.
Increased demand for food, shelter, public utilities and other services arising from this growth compels
the government to provide necessary resources in form of manpower, finances and most of all, land
which is a limited resource.
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F. MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
There are a number of major development programs that are undergoing construction or
rehabilitation in the City of Bacolod. Some of which are in continuance of the previous administrations’
development projects, but the bulk of these were conceptualized by the present administration. Several
of these projects are still in their planning stages, while most are already in the process for sourcing of
funds to finance them.
THE PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP) 2017-2022 AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT IN BACOLOD CITY
The first year of the Duterte’s presidency may be considered by some as tumultuous in some
respects, but what cannot be denied is the present administration’s earnest intent to embark on what it
calls a “golden age of infrastructure.” With the approval of the PDP 2017-2022 by the NEDA Board, the
ongoing projects and those that are still for implementation by the present administration will rival the
construction boom during the Marcos era.
The PDP 2017-2022 is the first medium-term plan to be anchored on a national long-term vision,
also labelled as Ambisyon Natin 2040, which represents the collective vision and aspirations of Filipinos
for themselves and for their country. The plan’s target for bringing Filipinos closer to achieving their long-
term aspirations is by the end of 2022. Through this plan, the current administration will lay a solid
foundation for inclusive growth, a high-trust society, and a globally-competitive knowledge economy by
grounding its development thrusts on Malasakit, Pagbabago and Patuloy na Pag-unlad. After the PDP’s
approval, an EO drafted by NEDA mandates all government agencies to align respective programs,
projects and activities with the PDP 2017-2022.
CITY ENGINEER’S OFFICE
The City Engineer’s Office is in-charged over the activities relative to the construction and
improvement of roads, bridges, drainage structures, and other highway structures; monitoring of streets;
maintenance of the street lighting system; designing of electrical plans; supervising government
electrical construction; and providing technical manpower to assist different government offices in cases
of electrical problems.
BACOLOD ECONOMIC HIGHWAY
The Build, Build, Build project team of the Duterte administration is bent at improving further the
infrastructures of major cities south of Metro Manila. This is to disperse developments to other areas of
the country and to decongest the capital. The City of Bacolod is one of those major cities that will benefit
from this construction boom.
The Bacolod Economic Highway is one project that will achieve the present administration’s
goal. Estimated at P5.79 billion, the project is being implemented by the DPWH and construction has
started last February 2017. When completed, the Bacolod Economic Highway will stretch to 21 km,
covering barangays of Sum-ag, Cabug, Felisa, Handumanan, Mansilingan, Estefania, Granada and
Mandalagan. The highway will commence at the Bacolod-Silay Access Road in Barangay Bata, one of
the major thoroughfares of Bacolod City.
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PANAY-GUIMARAS-NEGROS BRIDGE
The feasibility study for the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island Bridges Project is in the final stage
of completion and scheduled for presentation according to an official of the NEDA, while the project will
be implemented by the DPWH. The Provincial Development Council (PDC) of Negros Occidental has
already endorsed the conduct of the feasibility study. There was a recommendation by the PDC to also
look for other routes of the bridges project such as cities of Bago and Victorias, and the municipalities
of E.B. Magalona and Valladolid. (Source: pna.gov.ph)
The Western Visayas region is at the heart of the Philippine archipelago. It consists of three
main islands, Panay, Guimaras, and Negros. Because of the region's geography, an efficient interisland
transport system is necessary to ensure the continuous flow of goods, services, and people. The
proposed project intends to connect the three main islands via inter-island bridges that will connect the
main urban centers of the region, Iloilo City in Panay Island and Bacolod City in Negros Island.
Figure 16
The city’s LPTRP has already been approved, it is expected that the construction of a public
terminal in the southern part of the city will be implemented within the current administration’s term. The
public terminal will be constructed to serve commuters and general public who are coming from southern
routes from the city of Bago, and municipalities south of Negros Island.
Once the project is completed, the inter-island linkages between Panay, Guimaras, and Negros
will provide an efficient thoroughfare system in Western Visayas, and the transportation of goods and
services to and from these islands will be faster, easier and convenient.
LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTE PLAN (LPTRP)
The Bacolod City LPTRP has already been approved last October 29, 2021. The adoption of
the LPTRP is intended to strengthen the use of traffic control system components; improve the travel
time of public transport; promote the development of concentrated commercial, industrial and
institutional employment areas; motivate each individual to follow traffic rules and regulations; make
improvement to transportation system based on need/demand; encourage growth in those areas that
can be served by the existing or planned transportation facilities; review and incorporate transportation
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plans and policies; and increase the safety of transportation system. It is expected that the construction
of a public terminal in the southern part of the city will be implemented within the current administration’s
term. The public terminal will be constructed to serve commuters and general public who are coming
from southern routes from the city of Bago, and municipalities south of Negros Island. Please refer to
Annex D for CO No. 396 for the adoption of the plan.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS
The city’s proposed public transportation terminals which were presented to NEDA were the South
Terminal at Barangay Tangub, the East Terminal at Barangay Mansilingan, and the North Terminal at
Brgy. Bata. These proposed public transportation terminals were envisioned to declog traffic in the CBD
and make travelling convenient to the general public.
FLY-OVER AT MAGSAYSAY AVENUE (BARANGAY SINGCANG-AIRPORT)
The construction of the Araneta-Magsaysay fly-over will decongest the volume of traffic in the area.
The project will greatly affect the public utility jeepneys plying the Punta Taytay and Central Market
Routes. It will serve the incoming and outgoing traffic to and from the downtown area (CBD) of the city,
thus lessening the travel time and costs of motorists and the general public.
BANAGO COASTAL BOULEVARD PROJECT / BACOLOD COASTAL ROAD AND VIADUCT

PROJECT
The proposed Coastal Road project is envisioned to be as one solution to the city’s traffic
congestion. The roads within the city can no longer accommodate the increasing number of vehicles
that cause frequent traffic congestions. The project is aimed to provide an alternate route linkage
accessible for all vehicles running along Brgy. Banago to Brgy. Punta Taytay and vice versa. The project
not only aims to ease traffic but is also expected to shorten the distance these vehicles, both public and
private, will need to traverse to get from one place to another. Thus, resulting to savings on time, money
and effort to the city’s populace and also for visitors both local and international.
This project will also propel and boost the city’s Tourism Industry. More markets and businesses
will be put up by investors which will augment the city’s existing projects. The area is foreseen to be a
major economic and tourism zone in the near future.
The Bacolod Coastal Access Road will stretch from Barangays Punta-Taytay, Sum-ag,
Pahanocoy, Tangub, Singcang-Airport, 35, the Reclamation Area, and will also pass through Barangays
1, 2, 3 and Banago, the resolution was approved on April 2017 by the Bacolod Sangguniang
Panlungsod.
BANAGO PORT
There are two major ports in Bacolod City: the BREDCO Port and the Banago Port. The former
has wider spaces and roads to offer compared to the latter. However, BREDCO Port charges a higher
fee for their services which is an issue with their clients.
The Philippine Ports Authority has a plan to improve the facilities of the Banago Port.
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BREDCO PORT (RECLAMATION AREA)
The total actual reclaimed area is 262.73 ha. at present. The proposed remaining area to be
reclaimed is 300.08 ha. This will provide an additional area for logistics and warehousing.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARK (BREDCO)

True to its being one of the “next wave cities” in the country, Bacolod City officials are proposing
that the one-hectare site near the BREDCO port, which is part of the eight-hectare share of the city from
the reclamation agreement, will be developed to become an IT Park. The eight-hectare property serves
as the share of Bacolod in the tripartite agreement signed by the city, BREDCO, and PRA as stipulated
in the memorandum of agreement of 2000 which covers the further reclaimed area of 108 ha. aside from
the 250 ha. covered by the 1995 CRRA.
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT Bacolod Urban Food Center at BREDCO,
Reclamation Area - renovation of Manokan Country
Bacolod Public Plaza - construction of a Multi-Purpose Hall at the CBD, The Flower Shop at
the CBD, construction of Pedestrian Mall at Araneta Street
OLD AIRPORT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
The 37-hectare lot in the old airport of Bacolod City is being cited as Philippine Economic Zone
Authority (PEZA) based on the proposal submitted by city officials to the office of PEZA. The development
in Bacolod presently is northwards, so city officials deemed it necessary to spread development to the
south. They recognize the potential of the Bacolod Old Airport, and consider it as a sleeping giant, that,
if stimulated, can produce economic activities and economic benefits for the city.
If this is converted into a special economic zone (SEZ), it will become the first LGU-initiated
SEZ around the country. This project is in line with one of Mayor Bing Leonardia’s 3-Point Agenda,
which is “to restore business confidence and create a favorable economic climate so business and trade
can rapidly grow.”
MANGROVE PROTECTED AREA
Agricultural Conservation/Protection Program by planting mangroves along identified shorelines

and protection of environmentally critical Agriculture and Fisheries Area
RIVER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Construction/revetment with floodwall in Lupit River, Mandalagan River and Magsungay River
SUM-AG RIVER DEVELOPMENT
The Sum-ag River is being eyed to be another tourist destination in line with the thrust of the
city government to develop tourism attraction in the southern part of Bacolod. The project includes the
construction of a floating restaurant, the use of banca or indigenous boats and motor boats in selling
basic goods, promotion of river tourism by introducing leisurely cruises along the Sum-ag River. The
floating market will allow domestic visitors and international tourists to experience the culture of riverside
shopping, cruising and dining. Locally produced fruits and merchandise will be available for purchasing
and bargaining in the floating market. This tourist attraction will also help promote and preserve the
cultural characteristic and heritage of floating markets that have existed in Asia for centuries.
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BACOLOD CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
The conduct of feasibility study for the construction of Bacolod City General Hospital is listed in
the RDP 2017-2022. As of the writing of this plan, the construction of the Bacolod City General Hospital
has not yet started.
CLIMATE RESILIENT EVACUATION CENTERS WITH COMPLETE FACILITIES
The construction of climate resilient evacuation centers is listed in the RDP in the amount of
P60M. As of the writing of this plan, the construction of Climate Resilient Evacuation Centers with
complete facilities (for victims of calamities) has not yet started.
BACOLOD NATURE’S PARK
The Bacolod City Nature’s Park at Barangay Alangilan was established under CO No. 346 on
November 20, 2003. It is a portion of a 14-hectare property that will be developed into an agri-eco
tourism project of the city based on CO No. 313, series of 2002, and Article 2 of CO. No. 346. It includes
a five-hectare portion for the agri-eco development and is being eyed by the city government for
conversion into a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The project’s attractions and amenities includes a
lagoon, pavilion, huts and sheds, cottages, swimming pool, camping ground, agriculture demo farm for
organic products, flower garden and butterfly garden.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS (LUIS HERVIAS NHS AND EMILIANO LIZARES NHS)
Education is a priority of the Leonardia administration that 750 school buildings were facilitated
by him during his congressional term. Thus, it is a priority for him to finish the construction of two school
buildings that were started during his term when he was still congressman, and were continued by
Congressman Gasataya. The school buildings are to be used by students of Junior and Senior High
Schools of Barangay. Villamonte and Barangay Granada.
PROPOSED PROJECTS UNDER THE URBAN GREENING PROGRAM OF THE CITY
• Search for the Cleanest, Greenest and Most Well-Managed Solid Waste Management Program
in 61 Barangays of Bacolod City
• Improvement of Public Open Spaces at Bacolod Government Center
• Improvement of Streetscape at Lacson Street
• Improvement of Streetscape at Tindalo Street, Narra Street and Hilado Street
• Improvement of Streetscape along Lopez Jaena Street
• Improvement of Andres Bonifacio Park
• Landscaping of Entrance to Bacolod-Silay Airport
• Landscaping and Improvement of Bridge Railing at Barangay 10
For the Tourism Industry, the following are the development projects in the pipeline:
• Bacolod Welcome Arch Project at the boundary of Bacolod and Talisay near MegaWorld
• Bacolod Modernized Transport System
• Bacolod Special Economic Zone free port and Container Yard
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For the Industrialization of Bacolod City, the following are the development projects:
• BACIWA projects
• CENECO projects
• Solar Plant at Barangay Felisa and Vista Alegre
• Free port and Container Yard
• Bacolod Special Economic Zone
For the Agricultural Industry, the following are the development projects lined up:
• Fish Sanctuary (Artificial Reef)
• Water Pump & Solar Powered Electrical System
• Granada Communal Irrigation System
For Commercial Development, the following are the development projects lined up:
• Renovation of the Public Markets
• Bacolod Chinatown
For Sustainable Forest Management, the following are the development projects: •
One Million seedlings for Tree Planting/Reforestation
For Coastal Area Development, the following are the development projects proposed:
• Coastal Access Road
• Artificial Reefs Planting
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AYALA LAND MIXED USED DEVELOPMENT/ AYALA

LAND (CAPITOL CENTRAL)
Ayala Land, Inc. continues its commitment to enhance land and enrich lives for more people as
it broke ground for Capitol Central, its latest mixed-use township in Bacolod City. Once completed, the
9-hectare development will be composed of residential, retail, hotel and office components. Ayala Land
is planning to invest PhP 6 Billion for the “Capitol Civic Center” – an integrated mixed-use civic and
commercial district combining the center of government with commercial and residential uses, making
it the growth center of Metro Bacolod and the whole province of Negros. An additional investment of
PhP 25 Million will be earmarked for the development of the Capitol Park and Lagoon.
MEGAWORLD (UPPER EAST, FORBES HILL AND NORTHILL GATEWAY)

Megaworld’s flagship project in Bacolod City is called The Upper East, located on a 34-hectare
property that used to be the Bacolod-Murcia Milling Company (BMMC) on the eastern side of the city. It
is bounded by Burgos Avenue on the north, Lopez Jaena Street on the west and Circumferential Road
on the east and is just across the New Government Center. This prime location is known to be Bacolod’s
booming commercial and IT-BPM district.
Inspired by New York City’s affluent Upper East Side district, The Upper East will be Bacolod’s
own version of an upscale lifestyle district where residential condominiums, malls and commercial
centers, IT-BPM office towers, tourism and leisure facilities as well as recreational parks and open
spaces are integrated to create an exciting LIVE-WORK-PLAY township, which Megaworld pioneered
in the Philippines.
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Megaworld is investing P35-billion in the next 10 years to build The Upper East, along with
Northill Gateway - a 50-hectare property located where the famous Sugar Road was built. The site is
along the new Circumferential Road on the boundary of Talisay City and Bacolod City that has direct
access to the new Bacolod-Silay Airport.
CAMELLA BACOLOD-SOUTH
Camella Bacolod South is in the south part of Bacolod City located along the Circumferential
Road, Barangay Tangub. The project is a 23-hectare house and lot development complete with
swimming pool, parks and playground, basketball court and open spaces. It is an exclusive community
situated near hospitals, schools, government centers and recreational places.
SEDA CAPITOL CENTRAL

Seda Capitol Central is one of the new branches of Seda Hotels in the country. It is located at
the heart of the capital city of Bacolod. Guests can bask in the provincial capitol’s history with facilities
that cater to the modern lifestyle. Seda Capitol Central offers travelers a combination of contemporary
business and leisure amenities, technological conveniences and a unique brand of service and efficiency.
OTHER IMPENDING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
• SMDC
• Citadines
• Sitari Hotel & Residences
• Park Inn by Radisson
• Mesavirre Garden Residences
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G. CLUP AND ZO IMPLEMENTATION STRATEG Y / ARRANGEMENT

Land-use planning and zoning are urban cities’ primary tools for increasing density and
supporting high quality services. While land-use planning broadly guides development, it is the zoning
laws that regulate specific areas of land and dictate how they can be used. Without these regulations
and incentives, many developers will continue to build where it is most cost-efficient: outside of the city.
However, there are alternative tools that cities can use to increase density, including: density bonuses,
incentive zoning, land assembly and graduated density zoning (GDZ). These types of zoning and land-
use planning tools that cities use can foster density and growth.
DENSITY BONUSES
Density bonuses allow developers to build more densely than normally permitted in exchange
for providing a public good, such as affordable housing. This zoning tool achieves two things: (1)
developers can build additional units, increasing potential profit, and (2) loosely populated areas become
denser. For example, instead of building a single-family home on a large plot, a developer would get
an incentive to build multiple affordable condominiums – a project that would not otherwise be legal.
Density zoning is similar to incentive zoning because it makes exceptions to density regulations in
exchange for some public benefit.
LAND ASSEMBLY AND GRADUATED DENSITY ZONING

Land assembly – a type of land use planning – is a process of consolidating small pieces of land
into larger plots in order to repurpose underutilized areas. One way to use land assembly to achieve
density is through GDZ. GDZ gives incentives to developers who build higher density buildings on large
plots of land and construct less dense structures on small plots of land. Ultimately, it encourages the
efficient use of premium urban land for denser development.
Land-use planning and zoning can be used in innovative ways to ensure equity and increase
density. However, developing and implementing zoning regulations must be a cooperative process that
engages the public. Top-down approaches to zoning often alienate citizens and struggle to properly
address the needs of residents and business owners.
Dense cities are more efficient, equitable, and vibrant. The first step is moving away from
single-use zoning. Instead, city leaders should look to land-use planning and zoning tools to
avoid sprawl and ensure sustainable development.
Land use planning provides the strategic framework for the growth of a city, determining the
physical uses of space that will influence how people live and move, for generations to come. Cities
have significant authority over land use policies and regulations. The goal is to provide a platform for
cities to accelerate the development and the implementation of sustainable and inclusive land use
policies, such as comprehensive land use plans that promotes transit-oriented development,
preservation of open space, and resilience strategies. It is particularly important that cities have a good
plan for how they will address growth, because planning decisions made today will have a major impact
on the carbon emissions of tomorrow. Moving away from auto-dependent urban sprawl, land use
planning measures can help cities avoid greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change.
To achieve a transition to low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially just city, it is recommended

that: ONE: Monitoring the flow of resources entering and leaving the city to understand
the local situation and to help develop resource-efficient strategies. TWO: Planning the city to have
compact growth, to avoid urban sprawl and thus economize on every square kilometers of asphalt,
concrete, electricity and water wasted in spread-out cities. Dense cities have better connections by
efficient and affordable public transport such as light rail, bus rapid transit and livable neighborhoods
where design encourages people to walk or cycle.
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H. MONITORING REVIEW AND EVALUATION SYSTEM
The monitoring of CLUP implementation shall be done based on goals and objectives on the
onset of the preparation of the plan. The clear set of desired outcome indicators as well as the outputs
or interventions may now serve as the basis for prioritization of local investments and action by an LGU.
These shall also help focus the monitoring of CLUP implementation against set vision, goals and
objectives if these were attained through the different projects and activities from different
sectoral/thematic areas:
For the Social Sector, the goals and objectives are: the reduction of number of malnourished
children, the reduction of number of death in young children, reduction of the number of maternal deaths,
increase in the number of “quality graduates”, decrease in number of crimes solved while reducing threat
of potential crimes and the increase number of social welfare facilities, activities and programs that will
result to ease in access to basic services at the barangay level.
Table 11
Proposed Outcome And Output Indicators Social
Sector
OUTPUT INDICATOR
OUTCOME
VISION GOAL / OBJECTIVE (activities from different
INDICATOR
sectoral / thematic areas)
Reduce the number of
0% malnourished children (1-
malnourished children (1- Reduced
6yo)
6yo)
Healthy citizens Reduce the number of death
0% child mortality rate (1-4yo) Reduced
in young children (1-4yo)
Reduce the number of
0% maternal mortality rate Reduced
maternal death
Well-educated Increase number of “quality”
no. of new graduates Increased
population graduates
Peaceful Decrease number of crimes
crime rate Reduced
environment committed
Increase number of crimes
Vigilant police
solved while reducing threat crime solution efficiency Increased
force
of potential crimes
Increase number of social social welfare facilities Increased
Accessible basic welfare facilities, activities
services and programs for ease in social welfare activities and
Increased
access of basic services programs
Source: CPDO
For the Economic Sector, the goals and objectives are: to increase in number of skilled workers to
address the unemployment/underemployment of city’s residents, reskill and upskill workers to adapt
to the new normal and readiness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the increase in number of
literacy rate for an empowered labor force, the increase in number of new investments, the increase
in number of tourist arrivals, the use of new applications and technologies, the increase in number
of export receipts and sales.
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Table 12
Proposed Outcome And Output Indicators Economic
Sector
OUTPUT INDICATOR
OUTCOME
VISION GOAL / OBJECTIVE (activities from differen t
INDICATOR
Increase number of registere d 4 ouf 6 SMART City
Tech Start-ups Increased
component implemented
Increase new technology to
SMART City
optimized efficient delivery of No. of start-up supported
Increased
service and improve government total budget for innovation
efficiency rating
Increase the number of skilled
workers to address 100% employment rate
Skilled workers Increased
unemployment/underemployment (15yo and above)
problems
Empowered Increase number of literacy rate 100% literacy rate (5yo and
Increased
labor force for an empowered labor force above)
Vibrant Increase number of new no. of new investments
economy investments and amount of investments Increased
Attractive Increase number of tourist
Increased
tourist spots arrivals no. of tourist arrivals
use of new applications
Increased
State-of-the-art Use of new and technologies
technologies applications/technologies Keep applications an d
Increased
technologies up-to date
Globally Increase in number of export
export receipts/sales Increased
competitive receipts/sales
Source: CPDO
For the Infrastructure Sector, the goals and objectives are: the increase in length of road network
and high quality of roads completed, to reduce the estimated travel time in going to and from destination
within the city, the increase in number of homes with safe and affordable water and power supply.
Table 13
Proposed Outcome And Output Indicators
Infrastructure Sector
OUTPUT INDICATOR
OUTCOME
VISION GOAL / OBJECTIVE (activities from different sectoral /
INDICATOR
thematic areas)
Extensive/High Increase in length of road network
standard road and high quality of roads 100% well-planned/in good condition Increased
network completed
Ease while Reduce estimated travel time for
travelling/driving estimated travel time Reduced
travelers and drivers
Safe and affordable Increase in number of homes with no. of homes with water and power
power/water safe and affordable water and power supply Increased
systems supply
Source: CPDO
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For the Environment Sector, the goals and objectives are: to increase in segregated solid waste
from residential and commercial establishments, increase in harvest yield due to protected natural
resources, increase in declogging of rivers, creeks and esteros due to an efficient drainage and sewerage
system.
Table 14
Environment Sector
OUTPUT INDICATOR
OUTCOME
VISION GOAL / OBJECTIVE (activities from different
INDICATOR
Increase in segregated solid
Segregated solid 100% segregation of solid
waste from residential and Increased
waste waste
commercial establishments
Protected natural
Increase in harvest yield due to
resources harvest yield Increased
protected natural resources
Efficient
drainage/sewera Increase in declogging of rivers, 100% declogged rivers, creeks Increased
ge/waste water creeks and esteros due to and esteros
management efficient drainage/sewerage
Source: CPDO
For the Institutional Sector, the goals and objectives are: the increase in number of city
government employees who are well-trained and have attended workshops and seminars, additional
number of division heads to avail of scholarships for Masteral degrees, and the increase in utilization of
non-productive government structures.
Table 15
Institutional Sector
OUTPUT INDICATOR VISION GOAL / OBJECTIVE (activities from
OUTCOME INDICATOR
different sectoral / thematic areas)
Increase number of city gov’t.
Well-trained employees who are 100% of city government government
welltrained, and have employees are well-trained and Increased employees
attended workshops and have attended seminars
seminars
Additional number of Division
Knowledgeable Heads to avail of scholarships Additional scholarships for
Increased
workforce for a Masters degree Division Heads
Increase utilization 100% utilization of

Fully utilized of nonproductive, nonproductive, existing gov’t.
Increased
gov’t. structures existing government structures structures
Source: CPDO
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ANNEXES
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ANNEX A
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Annex B

ANNEX C
SWOT ANALYSIS
INTERNAL FACTORS (IFAS) Strengths (S) Weaknesses (W)
• High literacy rate • Inadequate technology for production,

• Skilled manpower resources credit and market
• Efficient peace and order situation • Disunity among city government officials
• Available local investment incentives • Lack in active government support for
• Sufficient source of water and electricity businesses and entrepreneurs
• Geo-physical features and location • Lack of tourist attractions
• Readily available services and facilities • Lack of employment opportunities
• Laidback atmosphere, friendly locals • Inadequate tech savvy talents
• Low cost of living • Rural Bacolod has no Internet connectivity
• Active NGO-PO and Private Sector
EXTERNAL FACTORS (EFAS) participation
Opportunities (O) SO Strategies WO Strategies
• City as choice destination for National and • Efficient peace and order as well as • Being the top destination for meetings,
International Summits and Conventions sufficient source of water and electricity summits and conventions, Bacolod will
• Rapid growth of IT-BPM Industry makes Bacolod City a choice destination have more employment opportunities for
• Build, Build, Build Program of the National of national and international summits, its highly skilled and highly educated
Government meetings and conventions manpower resource.
• Promotions of local products in trade fairs • Convergence with National Agencies • The Build, Build, Build Infrastructure
and festivals (national and international) • Highly skilled and literate manpower Program of the national government will
• Awarded as Top Model City in the resource provide a favorable climate for create more jobs for the city’s skilled
Philippines by the Manila Times rapid growth of the IT-BPM Industry residents especially in the Tourism
• R & D Expenditures Allotment • Due to local investment incentives more Industry since there will be more hotels
• Confidence of Start-Up companies to SMEs will engage in promotion of their and tourism buildings and facilities to be
register local products in national and international constructed to accommodate the influx of
trade fairs and festivals tourists and MICEs participants.
• Readily available services and facilities • In taking part in various trade fairs of
makes Bacolod the choice destination for national and international markets, the
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• Increased STEAM (Science, Technology, meetings, conventions and summits city’s entrepreneurs and businesses will
Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) thereby driving both public and private be promoted and gain support from both
graduates enterprises to grab the opportunity in public and private sector.
• Ongoing laying down of 50,000 fiber optic being part of the Build, Build, Build • In winning the Top Model City in the
lines in Bacolod Infrastructure Program of the National Philippines, it has shown that although
• LGU initiated Green Innovation projects Government there may be differences among local
• The geographic location of the city, the government officials, they were united in
laidback atmosphere and friendly locals the aim/planning of making Bacolod a top
makes it as top destinations for meetings, city in the country.
summits and conventions. • Being the top model city drives the city’s
• The laidback atmosphere, friendly locals officials and residents to strive to be the
and low cost of living makes living and best in all their pursuits.
investing in Bacolod an attractive option
for investors and businessmen.
Threats (T) ST Strategies WT Strategies
• Unstable price of sugar in the world • Using the skills and literacy of its • Government officials should have a united
market manpower resources, sugar planters and front and that their actions should be for
• Increase of informal settlers (mostly traders in the city have already learned to the realization of the vision and mission of
coming from other places outside of adapt to the unstable price of sugar in the the administration.
Bacolod) world market. Some of them have • The threat of the instability of sugar prices
• Ecological imbalance due to climate already diversified to other industries that in the world market has made sugar
change are not labor and capital intensive by planters to think of other ways they can
availing of readily available government benefit from the fruits of their land.
services and facilities. Diversification to other crops and other
• There has been a steady increase of uses of land has even made farmers and
informal settlers in the city thus burdening fisher folks reap more benefits.
the city’s limited resources, negative • The skyline of Bacolod City has changed
impact on the environment, and possible dramatically due to the boom in
increase in crime rate but with the help of construction of both public and private
city government officials, NGOs and the infrastructure. More hotels, malls and
private sector, this problem can be buildings were added to the city’s
avoided or minimized by giving livelihood landscape that are designed to adapt to
trainings or employing these people

• within their own locality/municipality so • the effects of climate change and are
these head of families don’t have to disaster resilient.
relocate together with their families to Political will to implement the local and
Bacolod City to find employment. The national laws to mitigate adverse climate
city’s geophysical features and location change effects brought about by forest
had been a saving grace for the city from • denudation, air and water pollution and
destruction of flora and fauna.
the past and recent highly destructive
calamities brought by ecological Negros Occidental’s economy has for
imbalance due to climate change that more than a century been dependent on
befall some of the islands in the country. its sugar industry. Due to the unstable
The city is above sea level and mostly out prices of sugar in the world market, it is
of the path of most typhoons. The inevitable that seasonal workers and all
mountains surrounding the city provide a those industries dependent on the sugar
natural barrier from the storms. industry might suffer losses when prices
are below for them to break even. The
workers of these companies may lose
their jobs thereby adding up to the
unemployed population of the city.
Therefore, Bacolod City should have
other products or commodities it can
package and market to other places in
the country and abroad.
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ANNEX D
VISION – REALITY GAP MATRIX
SOCIAL SECTOR
VISION
DESCRIPTOR SUCCESS INDICATOR RATING GAP
ELEMENT
Population Health 0% Child Mortality Rate (1-4 y/o) 9 1
0% Maternal Mortality Rate 9 1
0% Malnourished Childred 9 1
100% Health Care Services
8 2
Accessiiblity
Increease No. of New Graduates
Education Well-educated (ALL Levelts) 8 2
100% Literacy (5 y/o and Above) 9 1

Increase Crime Solution
Peace and Order Peaceful 9 1
Efficiency
Increase Police / Firefighting
Vigilant 8 2
Force
Increase Social Welfare Facility
Basic Services Accessible 8 2
and Clientele
ECONOMIC SECTOR
VISION
ELEMENT
100% Employment (15 y/o and
Employment Skilled 8 2
Above)
Increased Amount of Capital
Local Investment Vibrant Economy 8 2
Investments
Tourism Attractive Increase Tourist Arrival 7 3
Use of Latest
State of the Art Application of New Technology 6 4
Technology
Database for Local Business
2 8
Information
Traffic and CCTV Monitors 0 10
Globally
Export Sales Increase Export receipt 6 4
Competitive
INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES SECTOR

VISION
ELEMENT
Extensive/High 100% Well-Planned in good
Road Network 7 3
Standard condition
Traffic Ease while
Decrease Estimated Travel Time 6 4
Management Travelling/Driving
Safe and Increase No. of Homes with
Water Supply Water 8 2
Affordable
Increase No. of No. of Homes
Power Supply Access 8 2
with Power
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ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR
VISION ELEMENT DESCRIPTOR SUCCESS INDICATOR RATING GAP
Solid Waste 100% Segragation of Solid
Segregated 7 3
Management Waste
Fishing
Ground/Marine Protected Increase Harvest Yield 6 4
Resources
100% Declogged rivers, creeks
Drainage/Sewerage Efficient 7 3
and esteros
INSTITUTIONAL SECTOR
VISION
ELEMENT
Trainings and 100% Employees are well-trained
Well-trained 6 4
Seminars and attend seminars
Additional scholarships for City
Scholarships Knowledgeable Employee/Division Heads for 6 4
Masters Degree
100% Utilization of Non-
Government
Fully Utilized Productive/Existing Government 3 7
Structures
Structures
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Annex E
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Annex F
COMPOSITION OF THE CLUP PLANNING TEAM
PLANNING CORE GROUP

CPDC / DEPARTMENT HEAD II - Mary Jean L. Ramos, CPA, EnP, MPA, MBA
PLANNING OFFICER - Engr. Ana Ma. Carmen T. Principe
URBAN PLANNER - Arch. Jose A. Dureza
GEODETIC ENGR. - Engr. Kelly Grant Guerrero, EnP
ARCHITECT - Arch. Jayneil L. Cabalatungan
DRRM RESEARCH & PLANNING DIVISION - Diana Jane Alcala

DRRMO/CCA SPECIALIST - Joemarie Vargas
CITY ENRO - Engr. Maximino S. Sillo
SUPPORT GROUP
SECRETARIAT HEAD - Michael Vincent S. Mabaquiao
ENCODERS - Christian Joyd Alabia
- Maeleen Velasco, Richelle Magdayao
WRITERS - Cheryl Javellana, Raisin Verzosa
- Jonah M. Javier, Alfredo Gonzalez III
GIS - Edmund Neil Mamon, Khamelo Jundos, Ivin Ayco
STAFF/RESEARCHERS - Monica Concepcion, Eric Ginson, Nancy Pestaño
- Marian Ruth Arcolas, Mary Neill Ramirez

SB REP ON HOUSING - Hon. Renecito Novero
DepEd/DS - Grace Abao, Cynthia Demavivas
PNP - PS/Supt. Jack L. Wanky
AS NEEDED
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS - CREBA, SHDA
TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP SOCIAL

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION (CSO) KISFA - Josephine Benjamin, Criselda F. Benjamin
PRESIDENT OF LIGA NG BARANGAY - PB Noli B. Villarosa -

PB Lady Gles Pallen-Gonzales
SENIOR CITIZEN - Atty. Vicente P. Petierre, Jr.

SP/SB COMMITTEE CHAIR/SECTOR COMMITTEE REP. - SPM Cindy T. Rojas
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DSSD
GAD CONCERNED LOCAL HEAD - Pacita Tero
HEALTH
City Health Officer - Dr. Ma. Carmela Gensoli

CPDO/ASST. DEPARTMENT HEAD II - Engr. Mae Cuaycong
BHA - Cherrie Ann Cometa
ECONOMIC
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION (CSO) MBCCI - George C. Zulueta
CAO - Romeo Garcia
MARO - Edwin P. Sanchez (DAR)
TOURISM OFFICERS -
Ma. Elma “Butch” M.A. Gerasmo
- Sandra Sycip
DTI, TESDA - Engiemar Tupas (DTI)
PESO - Rebecca D. Balicas
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL WATER UTILITIES REP. (BACIWA) - Engr. Mario G. Macatangay
ELECTRICAL CORP. REP. (CENECO) - Sulpicio C. Lagarde, Jr.
TELEPHONE CO. REP. - Renato D. Santillan
DPWH, PNP - Engr. Abraham C. Villareal
- PS/Supt. Jack L. Wanky
LTO, IRRIGATORS ASSOC. - Renato Novero
PPA, MARINA - Engr. Enrique H. Funtebaja
PHYSICAL
ACADEME (BCC) - DR. Ma. Johanna R. Bayoneta

PROVINCIAL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT OFFICE - Ma. Lina P. Sanogal, DPA
- Engr. Jane Espinosa
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER (SHDA) -- Kenneth Tirthdas, George Zulueta
- Engr. Kelly Grant Guerreo, EnP
ASSESSOR - Atty. Maphilindo Polvora
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FOREST AND ANCESTRAL DOMAIN
ASSESSOR - Atty. Maphilindo Polvora
COASTAL AND MARINE

BFAR - Carlito Delfin
CAO - Romeo Garcia
CCA-DRR
CPDO/PROJECT DEV’T OFFICER II - Edmund Neil Mamon

- PB Jose Maria Leandro ‘Lindy’ De Leon
BARANGAY CHAIRMAN
GG URBANISM
ARCHITECT/URBAN PLANNER - Arch. Jose Dureza, UAP
ARCHITECT/EnPs - Arch. Rommel Perez
- Arch. Nicasio Matus Jr.
ZONING
CPDO/ZONING OFFICER IV, DIV HEAD - Liberty J. Estebar

CPDO/ZONING OFFICER II - Francis Arañez
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Annex G
150
Annex H
Bacolod City Infrastructure Map
151
Annex I
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City Planning and Development Office - Bacolod i

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Land is an essential life-giving resource. On it depends a city’s capacity to

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Let’s continue the todo serbisyo!

HON. EL CID M. FAMILIARAN

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A CLUP serves the following functions:

• It is the means by which a community can balance competing private interests.

• It is the means by which a community can protect public investments. Well-planned,

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 Accredited Civil Society Organizations / Non-Governmental Organizations (CSOs/NGOs)

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Message from the Mayor i

PART I. BRIEF PROFILE OF BACOLOD CITY

D. Physical Features and Environmental Condition 23

E. Existing Land Use and Land Use Trends 36

F. Infrastructure, Facilities and Utilities 47

G. Transportation / Road Network 57

H. Social Services Facilities / Utilities / Amenities 62

I. Agriculture and Agri-Industry Facilities 65

J. Power, Water, Communication Network 70

N. Comparative Advantages and Competitive Edge 93

O. Functional Role of the City 97

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PART II. THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN

B. Development Strategies 100

C. Development Concept and Structure Plan 110

D. The Land Use Plan 115

E. Land and Water Use Policies 122

G. CLUP and ZO Implementation 131

H. Monitoring Review and Evaluation System 132

B. Compliance of CLUP/ZO with RLUC Quality Review Parameters 136

C. SWOT Analysis 139

D. Vision – Reality Gap Matrix 141

E. City Ordinance No. 966, October 13, 2021 (LPTRP) 143

F. Composition of the CLUP Planning Team 147

G. Newspaper clipping of February 4, 2018f meeting with other LGUs 150

H. Bacolod City Infrastructure Map 151

I. Existing General Land Use Map 2001 – 2010 152

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1. Population Density Map 9

3. Map of Bacolod City in the Country 19

4. Map of Bacolod City in the Region 20

5. Map of Bacolod City in the Province 21

7. Physical Features Map 27

9. Hydrologic/Bodies of Water Map 29

10. Erosion Map 30

11. Household Distribution Map 31

12. Household Flood Susceptibility Map 32

13. Household Flood Risk Map 33