Stakeholders of the local information and communications technology sector met with officials of the medical transcription industry in Manila last Monday to discuss plans to bring jobs and investments and technology transfer opportunities to Bacolod and Negros Occidental.

Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chairperson of the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for ICT Inc., said their meeting with Myla Reyes, president of the Medical Transcription Industry Association of the Philippines Inc., and her colleagues, including Talent Development Committee chairperson Evelyn Abat, was held at the e-Services Philippines Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibitions at the SMX Convention Center in Manila.

CENECO to set up
Silay substation

The Central Negros Electric Cooperative is eyeing a site in Brgy. 4 in Silay City for its proposed 5 MVA substation, a project aimed to augment power supply in the area which hosts the newly-opened airport of international standards.

Roel Venus, head of Cooperative Promotion Section, said CENECO officials, led by board president Roberto Montelibano, inspected the project site in Brgy. 4 on Tuesday.

The board has already passed a resolution allowing the CENECO management to look for a site with an area between 600 and 1,000 square meters where the substation will be situated, he said.

Teleperformance bares
plans for expansion

Call center company Teleperformance bared its plans to expand its operations in Bacolod in a meeting between Trevor Friensen, the company's executive vice president for Philippine Operations, and Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. Tuesday.

This will mean hiring of more call center agents and more employment for the people of Bacolod and nearby localities, Leonardia said.

At present, Teleperformance has 400 call center agents in Bacolod .

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