ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority in Western Visayas (PSA-6) has projected a loss of P380 billion in the gross domestic product (GDP) of Region 6 amid the transfer of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City to the newly formed Negros Island Region (NIR).
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority in Western Visayas has projected a loss of P380 billion in the gross domestic product of Region 6 amid the transfer of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City to the newly formed Negros Island Region .Marlene Alviar, chief statistical specialist of PSA-6, said in a press conference on Tuesday that Negros Occidental and Bacolod City comprise about 40 percent of the economy for Western Visayas.
39 billion and Bacolod City amounting to P132.81 billion.In 2023, the economy of Western Visayas reached P1.024 trillion. This led Western Visayas to contribute 4.9 percent to the national GDP and be ranked as the fifth-largest economy among the 17 regions in the country.Alviar, however, pointed out that a trillion-peso economy may not be feasible with the creation of the NIR, which separated Negros Occidental and Bacolod City from Western Visayas.
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