Bacolod Mayor promises reliable power supply to IT-BPMs

BACOLOD, PHILIPPINES — Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez assured a stable power supply for the local Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry.

During the IT-BPM Conference and Expo, Benitez promised that the city government would continue to attend to the needs of the industry, which is one of the major economic drivers.

According to data from the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT), the IT-BPM sector contributes an estimated PHP8.1 billion (US$ 148 million) annual cash infusion to the local economy. 

The mayor — who also aims to transform Bacolod into a “super city — underscored the need to “take good care of” the industry and committed the city government’s assistance in finding more ways to expand for more employment.

There are at least ten major locators in Bacolod, including Teletech, Concentrix, Teleperformance, Transcom PanAsiatic Solutions, Ubiquity, iQor, ARB Call Facilities, Focus Direct, and Focus Inc., as well as some 20 homegrown small to medium IT enterprises.