Las Piñas City Mayor Vergel ‘Nene’ Aguilar expressed his gratitude to the AIM and the DTI in recognizing his administration’s efforts in making government service more responsive and relevant to the needs of the people in the community and also in meeting the challenges of global competitiveness.
The primary objective of the annual study according to AIM is to rank the economic competitiveness of the different urban centers of the Philippines and measure how effective these cities are in providing an environment conducive to business and industry. The AIM and DTI said the study uses both ranking and scoring methods that rate the cities vis-a-vis the following seven major factors of competitiveness: cost of doing business, dynamism of local economy, linkages and accessibility, quality of human resources, infrastructure, responsiveness of local government to business needs and quality of life.
Davao, Cebu, Marikina and Las Piñas came out on top among the metropolitan cities category or the cities comprising Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao.
Las Piñas is one of the most awarded highly-urbanized cities in the Philippines after it was named the Cleanest and Greenest City in Metro Manila for three consecutive years (1997-1999) and also a United Nations Environmental Program awardee in year 2000.