The Bacolod Information Technology Focus Team formed more linkages and clinched additional prospects during its participation at the two-day e-Sevices Philippines 2006 6th Outsourcing Conference and Exhibition held last week at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chair of the IT Focus Team said yesterday.

Bacolod City, which is establishing itself as an IT hub in Western Visayas for the first time, joined other local government units in the e-Services Philippines, Asia's most comprehensive IT and e-Services conference and exhibition.

Batapa, who represented Bacolod with Mayor Evelio Leonardia, also said one of the highlights of this year's conference was the Regional Information and Communications Technology Hubs Forum and Exhibition which showcased Bacolod along with Zamboanga, General Santos, Leyte, Cagayan De Oro, Bohol, Cebu, Naga, Bataan, Bulacan, Pangasinan, Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Davao.

Approval of bills seeking fund
to address oil spill sought

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- The Coast Guard is pushing for the passage of pending bills that will provide an emergency fund to effectively address oil spills like the recent massive spill in Semirara, Antique.

Deputy Commander Allen Torribio, chief of the Coast Guard's Marine Environmental Protection Command, said they had difficulties in responding to the spill and in the ongoing cleanup operations in Semirara because of the lack of funds.

Torribio said in a public hearing of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources and the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Clean Water here on Saturday that the National Power Corp. has failed to provide funds to the Coast Guard for the cleanup operations which started two months ago.

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