
Around P2.41 billion, or 57.88 percent, of the P4.171 billion loan secured by the Bacolod city government from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) in 2023 has been disbursed, as of Sept. 30, 2026, per the joint committee report adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod Oct. 21.















Around P2.41 billion, or 57.88 percent, of the P4.171 billion loan secured by the Bacolod city government from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) in 2023 has been disbursed, as of Sept. 30, 2026, per the joint committee report adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod Oct. 21.









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