The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas yesterday assured the public that the avian flu virus has not reached the region, particularly Capiz.

Larry Nacionales, officer-in-charge and executive director of the DA in Western Visayas, made the assurance during the management meeting held at Sigma Capiz last week, a press release from the DA said. There was no sign of avian flu virus nor death of birds or poultry animals in the area caused by the disease, Dr. Leonel Abordo, Capiz provincial veterinarian of Capiz, said.

Sapi-an, Sigma, Ivisan and Roxas City were suspected to have been at risk of bird flu because it is identified as part of the migratory path of birds coming from other Asian countries, the press release said.

Canadian company offering
investment opportunities

Officials of a Canadian real estate company, Edgeworth Properties, yesterday explained the land investment opportunities they are offering in Alberta, Canada.

Edgeworth Properties is a subsidiary of Edgeworth Ventures Inc., a Nevada company publicly traded on pink sheets, NASDQ approved, with headquarters in Toronto, Canada, Francis Fulache, Edgeworth division manager, said at a press conference in Bacolod City yesterday.

Edgeworth is engaged in the "purchase, development and sale of real estate with a primary focus on the oil-rich provinces of Canada," he said.

Economic contribution
of ICT sector cited

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday cited the contribution of the information and communications technology sector, specifically the business process outsourcing players, to her administration's target to create at least six to 10 million jobs by 2010, a press release from Malacañang said.

At the inauguration this morning of the first Sykes Enterprises Inc. Center in Cebu province, the President thanked Chuck Sykes, president and chief operating officer of the global company, for the direct jobs as well as the indirect employment opportunities created with the establishment of six Sykes centers in the Philippines.

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