MANILA, Feb. 5 (NNN-PNA) — The Cyber Corridor is just the beginning. The tour of the administration?s ?legacy projects? will continue in the coming weeks, with Tourism Central Philippines next in the agenda.
In a press briefing in Malacanang on Friday, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Gary Olivar told reporters the ?legacy communication campaign has been making headway.?
On Monday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo embarked on the Cyber Corridor tour with Angeles University Foundation constituting the first leg of the week-long journey.
The Cyber Corridor hosts ICT (information and communications technology) and BPO (business process outsourcing) from Luzon to the Visayas and Mindanao.
Initially confined to Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, the digital infrastructure has since grown to include cities and capital towns all over the country. Likewise, from a mere $ 24 million in 2001, the ICT and BPO sector has brought in $ 7.3-billion in revenues last year.
?It is a continuing task, and not an easy one, but we have to inform the people of what has been done,? Olivar said.
The project, Olivar stressed, is not meant to make the President popular. He added it is a simple initiative to inform the people of the achievements made under the economic development plan.
In her 2006 State of the Nation Address, President Macapagal- Arroyo announced the creation of five Super Regions. Apart from the Cyber Corridor, the other four are Agribusiness Mindanao, Tourism Central Philippines, North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle, and Luzon Urban Beltway.
The President, in that address, noted the importance of grouping selected regions and provinces by their economic strengths to stimulate economic growth and development so that the Philippines can keep up with its Asian neighbors. — NNN-PNA
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