BACOLOD CITY, Oct. 14 -- Some 200 women in southern Negros Occidental have completed the upskilling program under the Elevate Artificial Intelligence Data Annotation (AIDA), an initiative that equips them with relevant digital skills to access remote work opportunities.

The trainees from the municipalities of Candoni and Ilog, who graduated in separate rites on Monday, were the latest batch of Negrense women to avail of the program supported by the Aboitiz Foundation and Connected Women, in collaboration with the provincial government and the host-local government units (LGUs).

In a statement on Tuesday, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, who attended the events with Mayors Ray Ruiz of Candoni and John Paul Alvarez of Ilog, said the Elevate ...