Philippines' fall in global IT not a setback

26.04.2006

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.

It was reported that according to foreign BPO players, the real emergency in the Philippines is the huge unemployment rate among college graduates in the country due to poor English-speaking skills.

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