Atty. Alvin John Uy, Secretary of the Commission on Information and Communications
Technology (CICT), arrived in Bohol yesterday and is scheduled to meet today with Gov.
Edgar Chatto and the Bohol ICT Council. They will discuss the strategies for the province
to help attract business process outsourcing (BPO) firms in Bohol. The agencies involved in
helping promote Bohol as a location for BPO firms include the Bohol Investment Promotions
Center, Bohol ICT Council, Department of Trade and Industry – Bohol and the private sector
represented by the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Gov. Chatto said in a breakfast meeting with the Bohol ICT Council on January 4, 2011 at
the governor’s mansion that Bohol should fast track the steps to be taken to ensure that the
province can benefit from the growing BPO industry. News reports last December showed
that the Philippines is now the number one call center location worldwide. The country has
overtaken India for the first time.
The Bohol ICT Council is currently conducting a survey on its website at www.bictc.org to help
estimate the Boholano workforce working in BPO firms outside Bohol.