COA lauds Capitol’s termination of JOs, COS medical staff in 2019

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The present provincial administration’s move to terminate the services of job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) medical personnel in Cebu province has been lauded by the Commission on Audit, citing “some…

Davide ‘uncomfortable’ with Capitol’s move to outsource medical personnel

Rosalie Abatayo 10/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Vice Governor Hilario Davide III said in an interview this morning, October 15, that we was “uncomfortable” with the provincial government’s practice of outsourcing medical and clerical personnel for province-run hospitals. Davide said…

10-member PB authorizes Capitol contract for outsourcing

Rosalie Abatayo 09/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Even with almost half of its members absent, the Cebu Provincial Board has approved on Monday, September 23, 2019, the resolution authorizing Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to sign the over P200-million contract for the outsourcing…

BAC starts process for outsourcing of Capitol staff, medical personnel

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) targets to complete the bidding process for the outsourcing of employees in the provincial government by the third week of August. Provincial Treasurer Roy Salubre, who chairs…

Capitol may outsource employees from manpower agencies anew

Rosalie Abatayo 07/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol may be back at outsourcing employees from manpower agencies. Lawyer Manolette Dinsay, a member of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia’s transition team, told CDN Digital that the new governor is looking at outsourcing…

Around 800K BPO employees may lose jobs by 2024 due to automation

Irene R. Sino Cruz 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Unless business process outsourcing (BPO) workers learn new skills or upgrade their skills, around 800,000 could lose their jobs in the next three to five years. Christopher Monterola, professor of Asian Institute of…

Outsourcing experts: Removing perks may drive investors away

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/30/2018

TRAIN 2 Removing incentives for corporations may make the Philippines lose investors to other neighboring countries. According to global consulting and research firm Everest Group, other countries including smaller ones from all over the world are stepping…

Oakridge eyes BPOs, retail brands for OITC 2 spaces

Steffi Nolido 12/13/2017

  A HOMEGROWN realty company is targeting business process outsourcing firms and even those from retail, wellness and entertainment brands as it launches the first of its 12-storey buildings and offering at least 14,000 square meters of…

AI: Boon to business, bane to low-skilled workers

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/15/2017

As artificial intelligence (AI) moves to the forefront of business operations in the Philippines, the workforce needs to learn more complex skills to cushion the risk of losing jobs to automation. JP Palpallatoc, Accenture Philippines digital lead,…

BPOs urged: Focus on what you do best

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/23/2017

Amid growing competition from other Southeast Asian nations, a leader in the Philippine Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry cited the need for local players to focus on what they do best. Lito Tayag, vice chairman of…

BULLISH IN 2017

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/31/2016

CEBU’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (FIRST OF THREE PARTS) Amid a backdrop of turbulence in the country’s political arena as well as an international backlash on the Duterte administration’s brutal war against drugs, the business community is unaffected and…

Biz heads: US study doubtful; net speed in PH ‘frustrating’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/22/2016

‘Survey saying PH mobile net speed up does not show net users’ actual experiences’ A recent survey result showing the Philippines overtaking some of its peers in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of mobile internet speed has…

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