WITH the pandemic officially over, local industries and businesses are scrambling to find the next big thing for the Philippine economy. The race to find the country's next hotspot where boundless possibilities for industry and enterprise lie has led many to look towards the most untapped resources of Visayas and Mindanao.
This leads intrepid Filipinos to the landlocked province of Bukidnon, which is now viewed as a potential frontier for an economy raring to get back on its feet. Long known as the Food Basket of the Philippines, Bukidnon has been historically ruled by agriculture and mining (the word "Bukidnon," after all, translates to "mountain dweller"). This explains why the Commission of Audit ranked Bukidnon in the Top 5 of the country's richest provinces from 2018 to 2021. And why a disruptive health crisis in the years that followed did not derail its economic growth.
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