Three hundred fifty-five workers from Bacolod City were hired for jobs abroad through its Public Employment Service Office as of Jan. 31, 2008 .

The PESO also facilitated the employment of 6,091 local workers.

Under the Tulay 2000 program, 180 differently-abled workers in the city were also employed.

Of the 355 workers sent abroad, 185 were males and 170 were females. For the local employment, hired were 2,436 men and 3,655 women. The Tulay 2000 employed 100 men and 80 women.

Sustained infra growth in
WV for 2008 seen

The early approval of the 2008 national budget by the bicameral conference committee would mean sustained growth for Western Visayas in terms of infrastructure development, National Economic Development Authority 6 Acting Regional Director Arturo Valero said.

Valero said Western Visayas in 2007 attained faster growth with the implementation of major projects such as the New Iloilo Airport Development Project in Cabatuan, Iloilo , aside from the opening of the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City , Negros Occidental.

In 2007, the Department of Public Works and Highways completed P2. 4 billion worth of projects in the region, including the construction of 220 kilometers of national roads and 1, 148 lineal meters of national bridges totaling P1.022 billion.

Globe reports 13%
growth in net profit

MANILA – The Philippines ' second-largest carrier, Globe Telecom Inc. yesterday reported a 13 percent rise in net income to P13.3 billion year-on-year in 2007.

Core net profit, which strips out one-off items such as costs related to a bond redemption, grew 27 percent to P13.7 billion.

Revenue increased 11 percent to P63.2 billion, driven by gains in its wireless and fixed line businesses. Quarterly results were not immediately available.

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