Bacolod Creates IT Focus Team

    Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia creates an information technology (IT) focus team to develop programs and policies for the promotion of Bacolod City as an investment site for IT enterprises.
     Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue was designated as the chair of the team under Executive Order No. 08 dated May 27, 2005. Batapa-Sigue who chairs the committee on communications and energy of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, sponsored a pending ordinance providing incentives for IT investors.
     The members of the team has already conducted preliminary meeting and presented to various multi-national companies since the start of 2005, Batapa-Sigue said.
     Today, we will plan out the contents and the launching of the Bacolod IT Investment Website which is a long overdue requirement of the National Information and Communications Commission (NICC) in order for Bacolod to compete with other cities, The website will contain all the information needed by IT locators about Bacolod such as schools offerings IT courses, cost of business, utilities, infrastructures, incentives, transportation, manpower and facilities, she said.
     Services of possible IT locators include contact or call centers, medical and legal transcription, and other business outsourcing. With the team's initiatives, millions of pesos worth of investment from IT investors and allied providers are expected to come into the city, she added.
     Initially, IT locators consider Bacolod as one of the sites to explore because of our competitive and fluent pool of graduates with good academic training and the reasonableness of cost of doing business in the city, Batapa-Sigue said.
     Interested individuals can call (034) 433-9011 (local 210) for inquiries and suggestions.

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