ILOILO CITY — After going on a controversial trip to Taiwan sponsored by proponents of a coal plant project in the city, Iloilo City officials have recommended that Ilonggos should be open to coal plants like other sources of energy.

In a nine-page report submitted to Interior Undersecretary Austere Panadero, Vice Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog and seven city councilors said any source of energy should be acceptable “as long as it is a private investment that adheres to and promotes strict environmental conformity.”

While the officials said their report should not be considered a technical opinion, it noted the cleanliness and safety of coal plants and “state of the art pollution abatement systems” of the three coal-plants they visited in Taiwan from Oct. 12 to 14.

More biofuels
projects eyed in RP

More investors are planning to build biofuels facilities all over the Philippines , including Western Visayas , Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said in a press release.

Other areas being eyed are Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley , Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula , Northern and Central Mindanao, and the Davao region.

The biofuel plants will be constructed either through straight purchases, lease arrangements, contract growing or joint ventures, Yap said.

Teletech to open 5 to 8 more
call centers in next two years

Teletech, one of the largest business process outsourcing companies in the Philippines , is planning to open five to eight more call centers in various parts of the country in the next two years.

Teletech executive director for operations Alejandro Maralit said the expansion is in line with the company's worldwide growth plans to

generate about 900,000 new jobs by 2010.

One will be opened this year in Tacloban City , he said at the inauguration of Teletech Cebu last week.

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