Study finds Iloilo City attractive to call center business

Maricar M. Calubiran

Iloilo City is one of the cities in the country identified as "hot spot area" for business process outsourcing (BPO) or call centers as reflected in a multi-million dollar study funded by the Association of Call Centers in the Philippines.

Lab test: Western Visayas remains bird-flu free

Since year 2003 up to the present, Western Visayas and the rest of the country remain bird-flu free, according to DrLeriza Balopenos, regional animal health coordinator of the Department of Agriculture in Region VI during the PIA-CATV program, stressing that all laboratory tests yielded negative results for the Avian Influenza virus.

Photo Courtesy of Mike Labatiao

Dive instructors, residents and tourists in Boracay help carry a wounded dolphin from the waters. (inset) Grab from a video clip courtesy of dive instructor and dive shop owner Mike Labatiao.

Wounded dolphin straggles near Boracay shores

Nestor P. Burgos Jr.

Residents and tourists of Boracay Island on Tuesday took a break from the pleasures of the world famous island-resort to help save a wounded young dolphin which straggled near the island's shores.

The two-meter-long dolphin, identified as a pilot whale by dive instructors, was first seen around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday near the shores of Sitio Bulabog in the village of Balabag at the opposite side of the white beach. The area is popular for water sports like wind surfing and kite boarding.

ILOILO NEWS

Private-public partnership to improve MIWD mulled

The infrastructure committee of the Regional Development Council (RDC) has endorsed a proposal for a Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility Support (PPIAFS) for the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD).

Iloilo gov says change in House leadership long overdue

Iloilo Governor Niel D. Tupas, Sr. said the change in the speakership in the House of Congress is long overdue.

Tupas extends financial assistance to family of 2-yr-old comatose boy

Iloilo Governor Niel D. Tupas, Sr. is extending financial assistance to the family of the two-year-old boy who has been in comatose due to the complications of the Cheiloplasty surgery he underwent during the USA Medical Mission conducted at the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan, Iloilo last January 24 to February 3.

Rio Alma to be honored in National Artist Tribute

National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, popularly known as Rio Alma, will be honored in Pagpupugay sa Pambansang Alagad ng Sining on February 13, 2008, 2:00 p.m. in the University of the Philippines Visayas Auditorium, Iloilo City.

PANAY NEWS

RDC-6 Socdev files 9 resolutions in '07

The Social Development Committee had filed 9 resolutions for approval of the Regional Development Council (RDC) 6 for the year 2007.

Capiz malnutrition rate goes down

Roxas City -- The prevalence of malnutrition rate in Capiz went down by more than 11 percent last year.

Bacolod PESO sends 355 workers abroad

Bacolod City -- The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of the City of Bacolod was able to send 355 workers abroad and facilitated the employment of 6,091 local workers, as of January this year.

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