Manila, March 11 -- This highly-urbanized city and three component cities in Negros Occidental have been elevated to the Hall of Fame during the 2024 Population and Development (PopDev) Awards of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) 6 (Western Visayas) at the SMX Convention Center here Tuesday.

Bacolod, Cadiz, Sagay, and Talisay were recognized for their "exemplary performance in the localization of PopDev strategies and for having been recognized as Most Outstanding Local Population Office for three consecutive years from 2022-2024."

CPD-6 Director Harold Alfred Marshall said the awardees have satisfactorily met the criteria set in the localization of PopDev strategies and showed outstanding performance in promoting and s...