Manila, March 10 -- This highly urbanized city has rolled out the publication draft of "Doing Business in Bacolod" in partnership with leading professional services firm SyCip Gorres Velayo & Company (SGV & Co.) ahead of its prospective launch in May.

Along with the rollout held at L' Fisher Hotel on Monday, the city's Department of Local Economic Development and Investment Promotions (DLEDIP) hosted a data validation session to review the investment guide and verify cross-office data.

"Our prospective launch is on May 14 or 15 during the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Visayas Area Business Conference at SMX Bacolod," DLEDIP head Frances Mae Llamas said in an interview on Tuesday.

During the data validation session attende...