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The Philippines is growing economically as the world pays attention to Asia as the new “hot region” for business and market opportunities.  The country will become strong through a few key industries such as  infrastructure (power, roads and rails, seaports, telecommunications), manufacturing and logistics, tourism (medical travel and retirement) and business process outsourcing.

This means more jobs opening for the people of the Philippines to capitalize on and contribute to the success of society.

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Aug

19

Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) conducts three Organization of International Standards (ISO) seminars to train individuals and to help companies, in Cebu-Philippines thrive in the competitive business environment by meeting world-class operational standards.

The seminars will cover the key basics of these ISO systems and accreditation process, as internationally understood.

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Aug

10

Cebu exerts extra effort to improve as a global “Emerged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Destination” other cities do their best to take over Cebu’s place in the worldwide rankings.

Cebu takes immediate action on further improving infrastructure designed for BPO investors, with careful attention on managing the cost of doing business. The city and province is on its toes to manage the human resources supply problem.

Cebu continues to be ahead in solving this problem, a nationwide issue of scarcity of qualified BPO workers in the Philippines. Even as more work must be done in order to improve its ranking, the business environment in Cebu is very conducive and attractive to BPO investors.

The Cebu BPO and Information Technology (IT) prime movers and investment promoters have already planned of coming up with an extensive roadmap to sustain Cebu’s value to the BPO global investors and the world’s outsourcing sector.

Through this BPO/IT roadmap, stakeholders in Cebu commit to specify its real niche in the BPO sector and collaborate with local government, including the support sectors such as academe to implement strong management expectation programs as there is an increasing number of outsourcing firms that look at Cebu as their expansion site.

Cebu is also geared to address the cost of doing business, to sustain its attractiveness to BPO investors.

Stakeholders in Cebu seriously leverage the cost side, leading to attractive rental rates and employees’ pay.

Through operations cost management, BPO stakeholders involve building developers, so that rates of building and office space rental remain attractive.

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Aug

9

Global energy management firms looks to Asia, especially Cebu-Philippines, as a growth area for energy management solutions.

The country has done strong efforts in energy efficiency and conservation as energy-intensive companies in the Philippines adopt best practices and energy-efficient technologies.

New economies in the Asia Pacific regions have the strongest potential for direct, new investments; as its economies were less affected when recession hit major economies like the United States in 2008.

There is a growing demand for energy management solutions across all industries in the Philippines, since energy prices increased. Energy demands are projected to double by 2030, of which 70 percent would come from new economies.

There is a strong pressure on conserving energy. Companies can save up to 25% on operation costs if energy-efficient technologies are adopted. These technologies are applicable to energy-intensive companies, like manufacturing and data centers.

Integrated energy management solutions can help companies operate efficiently on less energy.

A lot of companies have been looking at Cebu as an ideal area for expansion, thus there is a strong demand for energy management solutions for all segments in growing industries like business process outsourcing.
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