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| '''BOHOL HOLDS ICT BUSINESS FORUM''' | | '''Bohol Provincial Peace and Order Council to review the juvenile justice law''' |
| *Source: http://www.theboholstandard.com/psection.php?issue=252&s1=4314&s2=4316&s3=4321&s4=1279&s5=4330&s6=&s7=1276&s8=1280&s9=&s10=&s11=&s12=1278&s13=&s14=&s15=4329 | | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R07&article=1081331358253 |
| *By: Leah/EDCom | | *By: Elvira C. Bongosia |
| *''March 06, 2012'' | | *''March 10, 2012'' |
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| Gov. Edgar M. Chatto pushes further the realization of goal to position Bohol in the fastest growing industry in the world as he hosted last Wednesday’s Bohol ICT Business Forum at Bohol Tropic, this city.
| | TAGBILARAN CITY- The Bohol Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) tasked Second District Board Member Godofreda Tirol to lead the technical working committee that will study Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile justice System that was identified as the reason for the increase of minors involved in various types of crimes. |
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| The governor who also sits as chairperson of the Bohol Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Council welcomed to the province on Wednesday top names in the Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) world.
| | Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto, who chairs the Bohol PPOC, and its members decided to conduct further study and analysis on the juvenile justice law after the Bohol Police Provincial Director Constatino Barot, Jr. proposed for the construction of a youth center for minors or children in conflict with the law. |
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| Cyberservices Commissioner of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) ICT Office (formerly the Commission on ICT) Alejandro Melchor III attended the ICT Business Forum with the academe, business community members of the ICT council, and potential local investors.
| | Based on Barot's report, there is an increasing trend of theft and other petty crimes that are mostly comitted by minors. |
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| Melchor was joined by Executive Director for Industry Affairs of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) Raymond Lacdao and Executive Director and Corporate Secretary of the Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) Jojo Uligan.
| | Barot also proposed a “reward system” for people who can give information on crimes and wanted criminals, as well as institutionalizing the E-blotter system at the police stations in the province. |
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| Melchor presented the DOST-ICTO Industry Development Plan for 2012-2015, presenting current national and global trends in the IT-BPO industry which posted a 22% growth rate for 2011 in spite of the slowdown of national GDP growth rate at 3.7%.
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| Because it is recession-proof, slowdown-resistant, and electoral politics-bulletproof, the IT-BPO industry is key to increase GDP growth rate through business environment transformation local business empowerment and investment encouragement, he reported.
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| Melchor went on to disclose he is scheduled to meet with President Noynoy Aquino to brief the latter on the viability of the industry and to lobby for the country to become an IT outsourcing hub.
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| The speakers had arrived a day before the forum to do an initial assessment of Bohol’s potentials in the ICT-BPO industry.
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| Lacdao and Uligan stated that the province’s prospects are bright in terms of capturing a share of this leading market. A sure sign is the regular holding of recruitment and jobs fairs of top IT-BPO companies in the province, they added.
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| The task is to make Bohol the next preferred destination for industry players, they said. Guest speakers sat in round table discussions with the ICT council and possible developers to hash out the creation of a Bohol brand in the promising IT-BPO industry.
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| Bohol’s modified vision for economic growth added ICT to eco-cultural tourism and agro-industry, a winning combination as far as top officials in these fields are concerned.
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| ==Bohol Zip Codes== | | ==Bohol Zip Codes== |