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Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo announces her city has been declared a highly urbanized city. Naga is the 34th city in the Philippines to be recognized with an HUC status, signaling its sustained economic growth and institutional development.

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00:00Naga City Mayor Lenny Robredo announces President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had declared Naga a highly urbanized city.
00:08Naga is the 34th city in the Philippines to be recognized with an HUC status, signaling its sustained economic growth
00:14and institutional development.
00:16The proclamation comes after the Naga City Council passed a resolution requesting the office of the president to declare the
00:22city an HUC.
00:24An HUC status is the highest city classification in the Philippines, requiring a minimum annual income of P50 million and
00:31a population of at least 200,000.
00:33Naga is the first city in the Bicol region to achieve this status.
00:37During the ceremony, Naga City Vice Mayor Gabriel Bordado Jr. honored the legacy of participatory and good governance left by
00:44the late Jesse Robredo.
00:46Jesse served as Naga's mayor for over 19 years.
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