AI impact on IT-BPM industry fuels future growth

Carl Lorenciana 04/18/2024

The Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) said that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has generated positive impact not just to contact center companies but also to the entire Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry.…

Cebu City dad wants police to beef up efforts in stopping petty crimes

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Councilor Jose Lorenzo Abellanosa urged the police here to beef up their efforts in curtailing petty crimes, such as robbery and snatching, that have victimized mostly BPO workers and call center agents. Lorenzo…

SVC launches Cebu recruitment hub for job-seeking professionals

Christan Caryll Jueco Arcayan 01/12/2023

Australian and American-owned call center Select VoiceCom (SVC) opens its recruitment hub at Cebu IT Park to help local professionals find jobs in the city. A competent track record SVC is recognized as a PCI and SOC…

1 dead, 6 injured in Busay, Cebu City road mishap 

Alven Marie A. Timtim, Paul Lauro 11/19/2019

(Updated) CEBU CITY, Philippines—One person died while six others were injured in a vehicular accident along the Transcentral Highway in Barangay Busay here past 2 a.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Police Staff Sergeant Ador Bacalso of…

Former call center agent nabbed for trying to sneak in drugs in Mandaue jail

Benjie Talisic, Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  For P15,000, a former call center agent took the risk of sneaking in illegal drugs inside Mandaue City Jail on Sunday morning, June 9. Paul Guinto, 3o, was caught with a pack of…

More routes for free bus rides for BPO workers opened

Rosalie Abatayo 11/18/2018

FOLLOWING the death of another call center agent at dawn last Saturday, Cebu City’s free bus ride program has opened another route. This time, it will be for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees who come from the…

Suspect in call center agent slay arrested

Norman V. Mendoza 10/15/2018

MANDAUE’S Centro Police Station arrested eight persons at a police checkpoint Sunday night including an armed person from Mabolo, suspected to be a robber who might have been responsible for the killing of a call center agent.…

Police: Witnesses point to driver as slay suspect

Winston Ensomo 07/16/2017

ONE week after the bloodied remains of call center agent Aireen Adolfo was found in a grassy area of a subdivision in Barangay Pulangbato, the police centered on one of two men as their primary suspect in…

Calls for justice for slain call center agent go viral

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/21/2017

CALLS for justice continued to flood social media as news of the slay of the 21-year-old Niño Rodel Taboada inside an alleged “drug den” in Cebu City spread. “Everyone knows how good you are. My brother was…

DH25 Inter-Call Center hoopfest launched

Calvin D. Cordova 12/08/2016

VETERAN PBA player Dondon Hontiveros will lead the staging of the 2017 DH25 Inter-Call Center Basketball Tournament, which will start on January next year. Hontiveros, the sweet-shooting guard of the Alaska Aces, flew in from Manila to…

Hybrid trains to service call center employees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/13/2016

A HYBRID electric road train to be rolled out by the Cebu City government and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) may soon service call center employees in the city. Joel Yu, the pointman of Cebu…

No BPO has left the country, says trade dep’t

10/24/2016

NO BUSINESS processing outsourcing (BPO) company has left the country following President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration that the Philippines would “separate” from the United States, an official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Monday.…

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