StarTek hiring more call center agents

Because of the continuous growth of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines, BPO firm StarTek Inc. plans to hire 1,000 people as it aims to fill up seats at its facility in Ortigas area which has a 2,100-seat capacity.
Rod Spires, who was appointed to lead the operations at the new site of [...]

March 9, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Career, Employment, Job Opportunities, Labor, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines  No Comments

Franchising seminar

Planning of getting a franchise for a business? Here’s an opportunity for you to learn the ropes on how to get a franchise here in the Philippines.
There is a scheduled franchise seminar to be held tomorrow, March 7, 2010 at the Mang Inasal, Makati Ave. corner Jupiter Street in Makati. The seminar will start at [...]

March 4, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Education, Opportunities, People, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, business opportunity, economy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, franchise, marketing, money, promotions  No Comments

BPO firm gears up for expansion in the Philippines

The country continues to become an attractive place to invest, especially in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, because of the availability of qualified workforce and quality service areas.
The ingredients that motivate Infosys BPO Ltd. to draw up plans to expand its presence in the country. The Philippine expansion of Infosys includes opening up three [...]

February 19, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, Employment, Job Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, investments  No Comments

BPO sector seen to grow bigger in the Philippines

Yes, the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is seen to grow bigger, in fact it is predicted to be a $10-billion industry in 10 years time
This is what the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) sees, who said that the BPO sector in the country is growing, the $10-billion industry mark will be possible in [...]

February 6, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: BPO, Call Centers, Government, International relations, Labor, Philippine business news, Philippines, economy, investments  No Comments

New BPO company sets up office in the Philippines

The Philippines is still a favorite site for business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, as another US firm sets up business in the country which will provide more job opportunities for Filipinos.
Cybernet-Slash Support (CSS) recently opened its 1,000 seat call center facility in Taguig, it’s first in the country. It currently employs 400 people, but it [...]

February 2, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, Corporations, Employment, Labor, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, communications, e-commerce, economy  No Comments

Companies with delinquent SSS contributions gets a reprieve

The Social Security System (SSS) records show that the unremitted premium contribution has already reached an estimated P109 billion, while the penalties amount to P280 billion. SSS President Romulo Neri said they don’t expect to collect all those penalties because a lot of companies are so hard up these days, but added that employers need [...]

January 8, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Government, Labor, Law, Philippine business news, Philippines, economy, finance, money  One Comment

Terminator coming to town

Yes, the star of Terminator is coming to Philippines next year, but it will be a purely-business trip. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be leading a business delegation who will visit the country in 2010.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the actor-turned politician will be bringing along about 200 businessmen from San Francisco [...]

December 26, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Foreign exchange, Government, International relations, Opportunities, economy, investments, marketing  No Comments

Peso closed at 15-month high – 46 to $1

Peso closed at its highest for the last 15 months. Last Fridays dealing ended with the Philippine peso at a level of P46 to $1, in a 15-month record high attributed specifically to the influx of remittances for overseas Filipino workers.
Not surprisingly, because of the holiday season, we can expect more Filipinos overseas to send [...]

December 4, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Foreign exchange, OFWs, Philippines, Pricing, banking, economy, finance, money  No Comments

iRemit to provide remittance services to OFWs in Europe

The largest Filipino-owned non-bank remittance company has further widen its customer base of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
iRemit was able to secure license to do business in Europe.
The remittance company stated in its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange advising them of the registration of iRemit Europe in the general list of financial intermediaries as a [...]

November 26, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Corporations, Customer Service, OFWs, Philippine business news, Philippines, e-commerce, economy, finance, money  No Comments

Oil price increase starts after lifting of EO 839

A day after Executive Order 839 has been lifted by President Arroyo, independent oil players has taken the lead and started raising their pump prices Monday.
Unioil Petroleum, Flying V, Eastern Petroleum Corp , and Phoenix Petroleum were the first to fire the first salvo of increases. Unioil Petroleum increased by P1.50 per liter all its [...]

November 18, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Philippine business news, Philippines, Pricing, Products, economy  One Comment