PGMA visits UST Global as part of cyber corridor tour
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TAGUIG CITY-- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's efforts to develop and expand the cyber corridor got another
boost today with the opening of Southern California-based UST Global Delivery Services Center here.
Assisted by Taguig Mayor Sigfrido Tinga and UST Global Chief Operating Officer Arun Naragannan, the
President cut the ceremonial ribbon and inspected the center's facilities.
The President is on her second day of her cyber corridor tour. Her initial visit was at the Angeles University
Foundation Information Center yesterday.
The UST Global Delivery Center, a pioneer and world leader in the information technology (IT) services sector,
primarily serves firms in the Fortune 500/Global 1000 market.
With the UST Global opening, 1,000 new positions have been created to add to the half a million jobs generated
by the information technology since 2001.
Naragannan said they decided to set up an office here to take advantage of the country's highly skilled IT
workforce. He added the company hopes to hire 5,000 more workers in the next few years.
The company operates in 14 countries.
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PGMA underscores role of BPOs in creating jobs
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STA. ROSA CITY, Laguna – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today underscored the important role the BPO
(business process outsourcing) industry plays in improving the economy and creating jobs.
During a lunch hosted by Convergys Phils. at its facility here, the President noted the industry has grown from a
revenue base of $24 million and 4,000 workers when she assumed the presidency in 2001 to $7 billion and half
a million employees last year.
The President’s visit is part of her week-long tour to highlight what her administration has done to create human
and physical infrastructures that give high-paying jobs to young professionals.
Mariefe Zamora, Convergys vice president and country manager, said government support has enabled her firm
to grow to its current size of 20,000 employees in 12 sites nationwide.
Now, she added. Convergys is hiring 640 new employees for its three sites in Cebu.
“We are honored to have the President visit us once again at our environment-friendly Nuvali facility, which she
dedicated almost a year ago,” Zamora said.
“We look to further increase that number this year as more and more clients from across the globe request to
have their customer management operations located in the Philippines,” she added.
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ICT, BPO sector creates jobs, brings investment
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PGMA opens BPO firm's Taguig office
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will inaugurate tomorrow (Tuesday) the UST Global delivery center in Taguig
City.
UST Global is a leading provider of end-to end IT (Information Technology) and BPO (business process
outsourcing) services and solutions for the Global 1000 market.
The opening of the new office here reflects the growing demand for the company's outsourcing services and
strengthens the Philippines' presence as UST's second largest location outside the United States, following
India.
UST statement said it has invested in the Philippines to take advantage of the country's highly skilled IT
workforce.
The Southern California company has hired 1,000 new recruits. It hopes to expand the headcount to over 5,000
over the next few years.
Operating in 14 countries, the company has grown to over 6,000 associates worldwide.
Earlier in the day, the President will visit the Jose Rizal University in Mandalayong City as part of her campus tour
aimed at calling on the youth to help ensure a clean, fair and peaceful elections in May.
At the same time, the President wants to enjoin the youth to develop a culture of non-violence.
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