Posted by Michille on 31st October 2006
THE “good turnout†of the first batch of call center trainees at the University of Cebu (UC) training center for communication skills enhancement proved the industry’s need for fluent English speakers, an official from the private-sector led Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology (Cedf-it) said.
“After conducting the first training, we are convinced that there is a need (for training). It’s just a matter of communicating it to the public,†Cedf-it executive director Bonifacio Belen said.
Belen said that 98 percent of the first batch of 17 trainees, comprising mostly students and professionals, has started to apply as call center agents, and expressed optimism that they will be hired.
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Posted by Michille on 31st October 2006
Baguio Tourism Council (BTC) chairman Anthony de Leon assured that an increase in hotel rates would not affect the city’s tourism industry as a whole but merely the establishment with “expensive” rates.
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THE increase in hotel room rates at times when there is an expected influx of tourists is not opportunism but a normal business strategy, said the chairman of the Baguio Tourism Council (BTC).
Reacting to complaints that hotel rates go up during occasions like the flower festival, Christmas season and during summer, BTC chairman Anthony de Leon said that the hotels industry adopts different rates, which normally depends on the type of occasion.
De Leon said there are peak and off-peak season rates that normally reflect on the rate or tariff cards of every hotel, but this does not automatically translate to overpricing as claimed.
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Posted by Michille on 31st October 2006
THE Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Monday lauded the signing of memorandum of agreement of the $20 million ethanol project to be established in Negros Occidental.
The agreement was inked by the China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd (CAMCE) and Negros Southern Integrated Biofuels Company (NSIBC).
The agreement was realized through the efforts of Representative Ignacio T. Arroyo Jr. and was signed by Aurelio Lacson of NSIBC and Luo Yan, CAMCE president.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has also witnessed the signing which according to Representative Arroyo was a historic event that will boost Negros economy.
Lacson said this will pave the way for the establishment of the ethanol plant in Murcia town and another one at Dacongcogon Sugar Central in Southern Negros.
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Posted by Michille on 31st October 2006
By CHARISSA M. LUCI
NANNING, China—President Arroyo and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday officially convened the two-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Commemorative Summit with calls for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the strengthening of the socioeconomic partnerships towards a unified East Asian community.
Addressing the Summit, both leaders, who led the signing of the second ASEAN-China joint statement dubbed “Towards an Enhanced ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership,” stressed the importance of peace and security cooperation in the East Asian region.
ASEAN leaders and Chinese officials gathered to mark the 15th anniversary of the ASEAN-China relations to promote confidence-building measures in pursuit of regional development and peace.
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Posted by Michille on 31st October 2006
Powerful Typhoon Paeng (internationally named Cimarrón) lashed the northern Philippines early Monday, killing a mother and child and forcing thousands of other people to evacuate, disaster relief officials said.
The 28-year-old woman and her child, six, were killed in a coastal village in Aurora province, where police chief Teodoro Saklolo said strong winds blew away houses made of light material and wood.
Paeng, packing winds of 195 kilometers (121 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 230 kilometers an hour, slammed into Northern Luzon late Sunday.
Senior Supt. Saklolo said some low-lying areas in Aurora were also flooded after heavy rains fell overnight.
Radio reports said the typhoon uprooted trees and toppled electric posts, causing widespread blackouts in parts of Northern Luzon.
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Posted by Michille on 31st October 2006
By Nikko Dizon
Inquirer
Last updated 03:05am (Mla time) 10/31/2006
Published on page A1 of the October 31, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE JAPANESE embassy yesterday sought to clarify “some misunderstanding†that the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) would allow the entry of toxic and hazardous waste into the Philippines.
Environmental groups last week slammed the accord which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signed on Sept. 9 in Helsinki on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.
Calls were also made in the Senate, the Philippines’ treaty-ratifying body, for hearings on the agreement, following criticism by environmentalists that in exchange for Filipino nurses and caregivers, the country would become Japan’s dump.
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