Cyberbaguioboy

Here’s an interesting piece of news. According to this report (written by kabayan Vincent Cabreza), Baguio and nearby Cordillera schools are gearing up for an expected boom in the city, and the increasing demand for English-speaking professionals.
When I was there last week, I found out from ClientLogic executives that they view Baguio as an interesting [...]

US-based business process outsourcing firm ClientLogic says it took a gamble when it set up shop in Baguio. Now, Dan Reyes, country manager, says the company expects to grow its headcount and revenues this year. Thanks to the firing up of a digital fiber optic network in the city (courtesy of PLDT), the company sees [...]

Baguio City is poised to become an outsourcing hub up north. Now that it has a digital fiber optic link, outsourcing businesses find the city as one viable destination for their operations.
Read my story INQ7.net Technology. 

The Philippines remains a financially attractive BPO destination, according to a consulting firm. But for how long? I was with ClientLogic Philippine country manager Dan Reyes this morning. He said the Philippine call center industry will really need to move up the “value chain.” The call centers are now employing most of the BPO agents [...]

Yes some people were moved to new positions. Some have left for greener pasture in Redmond and Singapore. Microsoft Philippines is putting up new positions and hiring more people to man its growing operations in the country, an official spokesperson said. The next question is “What does this mean for its local customers?”
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I was in UP Bahay ng Alumni last Saturday. I was having an interesting conversation with a physicist friend who worked in Japan. As I was about to take a leak, I saw this sign: “Power of Words.” It was an announcement on an upcoming writers club sign up week. Simple yet catchy, don’t you [...]

His name is Joel Christopher Remandaban (not Remadan as earlier posted). He’s Filipino and he made his millions in the US as an Internet marketing guru. He was in Manila hoping to help fellow citizens become enterpreneurs. In my brief interview with him in Manila, he surprised, entertained, and moved me with his stories of [...]

LadyLuck Digital Media Inc. founder Luis Manalac says so in a recent interview I conducted.
Filipinos, he says, have the necessary skill now to create interesting games. I’m currently playing their first game, dubbed Terra Wars: NY Invasion. I hope to finish it soon. I digress.
He says he needs more access to capital to facilitate pace [...]

When you’re reading today’s newspaper, what do you usually want to know? Of course, you’ll tell me: news. But what kind of news?
Next, what do you feel about today’s news? Do you trust it? Do you think it gives you the whole picture? What does it lack?
I recently acquired one of the more interesting books [...]

Alex Villafania of INQ7.net writes that Filipino physicists bagged an award in an international competition. Congrats guys! Make the Filipino proud!
Two Filipinos won major awards in the 37th International Physics Olympiad (IPHO) held in Singapore last July 16, the first time that the Philippines won in the prestigious event in 9 years. Dajac Carlo Vincienzio [...]