Teleperformance formally opened in Bacolod City and has started training call center agents last month, Narda Goñi-Miranda, Teleperformance recruitment manager, said yesterday.

The blessing of the call center facilities in Bacolod City was officiated by Fr. Ronald Quijano yesterday.

Miranda said they started training 50 call center agents on July 31, and the training will run to six weeks. She said they intend to let their workforce grow to approximately 300 by February 2007. Out of the 50 agents they have hired, 45 are from Bacolod and only four are not, she said, adding that recruitment is ongoing.

Ayala first half net
profit nearly doubles

MANILA - Top Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp said yesterday its net profit nearly doubled to P7.3 billion ($142.1 million) in the first half, buoyed by healthy growth in the Filipino economy.

The result compared with P3.7 billion posted a year ago and was helped by higher earnings from subsidiaries and affiliates, gains on share sales, and lower financing expenses, it said in a statement. "The strong results during the period are reflective of the underlying positive signals in the broader economy, which has also been mirrored recently in renewed investor interest in the local equities market," said Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chairman and chief executive.

"We are encouraged by the relative stability of our economy and the continued strengthening of our government's fiscal position," he added.

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