Galutera added he agrees with presidential adviser on jobs creation Arthur Yap in urging foreign BPO players to raise their concerns about the current political situation in the country.

'The BPOs have appealed. We have spoken with the government and we made our own efforts to train but we can only do so much because we are limited by the profitability of our efforts. It is only government and media that could reach out to larger numbers and that's why Yap is correct -- we really need the support of media and the government to really turn the tide in the country and create a strong pool of English speakers that can make this industry grow,' he said.

Yap recently appealed to BPO players to speak up about the political scenario in the Philippines when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Proclamation 1017 -- placing the country under a state of national emergency, banning all protest rallies.