Bayan supports Butuan City bid to become ICT-BPM
hub of Caraga
By Red R. Samar
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 24 (PIA) - Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (Bayan)
supports Butuan City in its bid to become the IT-BPM (information
technology-business process management) hub of the Caraga region after having
been recently named as one of the ten Next Wave Cities in the Philippines
identified to become the destination of choice for employers in the IT-BPM
industry.
Organized by the Department of Science and
Technology - Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO), the
IT Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), National ICT
Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), the Butuan City government and the
Caraga Information Communication Technology (ICT) Council, the second run of
the annual Next Wave Cities ICT Road Show is being held here in the city after
kicking off last month in Naga City.
With the theme “Bringing ICT Opportunities to
Countryside Filipino Talents,” Bayan is co-presenting the event which aims to
provide a venue for the government, the industry players and stakeholders to
present and discuss the prospect of the IT-BMP sector as one of the best choices
for entrepreneurship, career development and advancement among the workforce in
the next wave cities.
Bayan head for Mindanao Grace M. Braga said as
the leading telecommunications player in the Caraga region, Bayan is privileged
and honored to be working with this multi-sectoral group in co-presenting this very noteworthy
activity that will help promote the
potentials of the city as a viable and alternative outsourcing destination for
BPO (business process outsourcing) companies.
Cherry May G. Busa, Caraga ICT Council
president, emphasized that Butuan City as the regional center of Caraga,
possesses and is equipped with all the necessary factors and requirements that
will ensure and support a thriving BPO operation – stable energy and power facilities,
unlimited human resources, real estate and a robust telecom infrastructure.
“The inclusion of Butuan City in the
much-coveted Next Wave Cities list is a testament to all the hard work by all
the members of the Caraga ICT Council as well as all the local stakeholders,
who have been relentless in working year in and year out, to ensure that city
meet all the stringent criteria and pass the score card to become part of the
elite circle of BPO locations in the country,” Busa said.
Ms. Busa added that the road show also aims to
promote ITpreneurship to participants at the event. “Through this activity, we
also hope to raise awareness to inspire a new generation of ITpreneurs that
will setup IT businesses of their own in the city.”
The Caraga ICT Council head, who also heads the
sales team of Bayan in Agusan based in
the company’s Butuan City office, said that the 2nd edition of the Next Wave
Cities Roadshow is by far considered to be the biggest ICT event in the region
to date. Various activities and program line up during the two-day event
include IT-BPM career talks, ITpreneuship forums, e-commerce forum and a job
fair.
Speakers from various IT-BPM organizations such
as the Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI), Contact Center Association
of the Philippines (CCAP), Game
Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP), Philippine Software Industry
Association of the Philippines (PSIA)
and the Healthcare Information Management Outsourcing Association of the
Philippines (HIMOAP), will be addressing
an audience composed of different stakeholders and influencers and mostly of
college Students on the career opportunities available to them in the IT-BPM
industry.
Attendees are coming from 495 schools high
schools and 56 colleges and universities from around the region. A big bulk of
the attendees are senior high school and college students, Parents Teachers
Association (PTA) members, teachers, guidance counsellors, city executives,
career practitioners/employees from the ITC industry, SMS (private business
sector), media, local ICT business start-ups groups, as well as executives and
employees from the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Department of Labor and Employment - Public Employment Service Office
(DOLE-PESO) Department of Science and Technology (DoST), Department of Trade
(DTI), Department of Tourism (DoT), Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) and National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).
The eight other cities included in this year’s
NWC Road Show which will run until November are Baguio, Laoag, Tacloban, Puerto
Princessa, Cagayan De Oro, Tarlac, Iloilo and Rizal Province. (NCLM/BayanTel/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: Pangulong Aquino buo parin ang
tiwala sa Chief of Staff
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Set. 24 (PIA) - Sinabi ng
Malakanyang noong Lunes na nananatili pa rin ang tiwala ni Pangulong Benigno S.
Aquino III sa Chief of Staff ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas (AFP) na si
Heneral Emmanuel Bautista.
Sa isang pakipanayam sa mga mamamahayag sa
Malakanyang, sinabi ng tagapagsalita ng Pangulo na si Edwin Lacierda na “walang
problema” ang pamunuan ng AFP at itinuro ang tugon ng pwersa ng seguridad sa
mapanganib na sitwasyon, partikular na ang kasalukuyang sigalot sa lunsod ng
Zamboanga kung saan nakipaglaban ang mga sundalo ng pamahalaan laban sa mga
miyembro ng Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) – grupo ni Misuari.
Sinabi rin ni Lacierda na responsible rin ang
AFP sa madaliang pagtigil ng bagong sigalot sa Midsayap, North Cotabato
pagkatapos na masagupa ng isang platoon galing sa Alpha Company ang hindi
matiyak na dami ng Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) kahapon ng umaga.
“Nakita po natin ang tugon ng Armed Forces of
the Philippines. Handa po sila tumugon sa Zamboanga City at ngayon handa po
sila tumugon, at in fact tumigil na ang fire fight sa Cotabato laban sa BIFF,”
sabi ni Lacierda.
“Walang problema magpahanggang sa ngayon ang
pamunuan ng AFP Chief of Staff General Emmanuel Bautista. Buo ang tiwala ng Pangulo
sa kanya,” dagdag ni Lacierda.
Ayon kay Lacierda, ang tropa na nagsagawa ng
clearing operations sa Sitio Mirasol, Barangay Prolomugen, Midsayap, North
Cotabato ay naka engkwentro ng di matinong bilang ng BIFF sa ilalim ng di
kilalang pinuno mga bandang 8:30 ng umaga kahapon. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
