Ilocos Norte Governor Imee R. Marcos with her fellow awardees. (Photo courtesy of DOST-ICTO) |
PGIN-CMO
The
Department of Science and
Technology–Information and Communication Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) together
with the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and
Leechio Property Consultants (LPC) recognized Ilocos Norte for its outstanding
potential to become an alternative hub of Information Technology–Business
Process Management (IT-BPM) in the Philippines.
In the awarding ceremony held
March 30, 2016 in Makati City, Ilocos Norte Governor Maria Imelda “Imee” R.
Marcos accepted the award for Ilocos Norte’s capital, Laoag City, as one of the
ten Emerging Locations for IT–BPM.
Ms. Marcos also received the
Best Infrastructure Award for the province’s road quality, hotel availability,
presence of international and domestic roads, power infrastructure, and
telecommunication infrastructure among others.
This is the second time the
province was given the award; the first award was given in 2o12.
Since assuming the province’s
top post, Ms. Marcos always highlighted that the modern infrastructure and
significant supply of talent are two of the most essential resources of the
province that can contribute to the growing success of the country’s IT-BPM
industry.
Vowing to make more jobs
available in Ilocos Norte, Ms. Marcos is making intensive efforts to attract
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies to invest in the province.
Ms. Marcos has always placed
great pride on Ilocos Norte’s wide availability of talented and skilled
workforce making the province as an ideal venue for BPO investment.
With this, Accenture and
Expert Global Solutions, two of the world’s leading BPO companies, have opened
in Ilocos Norte offering a total of 6,500 jobs for Ilocanos.
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