In the recently first BPO Summit 2008 which was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Holiday Inn Pasig City last December 2 and 3, Bacolod City and other cities was included in the Top Ten Next Wave Cities for outsourcing in the Philippines outside of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu.

Bacolod City grabbed the fifth spot in the overall rankings based on the scorecard of the Commission on Information and Communication Technology, Business Process Association of the Philippines and the Department of Trade and Industry.  Bacolod City acting mayor Thaddeus Sayson and Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chairperson of the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communication Technology Inc. received the plague of recognition from the ICT industry leaders, including Gigi Virata of the Business Process Association of the Philippines and CICT Commissioner Monchito Ibrahim. 

Other cities that were also included in the list are Metro Laguna, composed of Santa Rosa City, Calamba City, Los Baños, Cabuyao and San Pablo City, was recognized as the best outsourcing location outside Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, with a score of 88.  Metro Cavite, comprised of Dasmariñas, Bacoor, Imus and Cavite City, was second with a score of 85 percent.

The following are the scores of other top ten next-wave cities:  Iloilo, 81 percent; Davao, 80 percent; Bacolod, 78 percent; Angeles-Clark-Mabalacat, 77 percent; Baliuag-Marilao-Meycauyan, 74 percent; Cagayan de Oro, 73 percent; Malolos-Calumpit, 73 percent; and Lipa City, 73 percent.

The cities of Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro topped the cost criterion, which took into account the cost of labor and office space.

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