Manila, Sept. 4 -- The Philippines remains to be a reliable investment destination for information technology and business process management (ITBPM) companies amid the challenging business environment brought by the pandemic and the rise of new technologies, the country's trade chief said Friday.
"You talk about ITBPM, we still have a clear and good advantage given the quality of manpower that we have. We are still the "go-to guy" when it comes to ITBPM despite the technology," said Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez at the 28th Metro Manila Business Conference.
Lopez said that despite the growth in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, there will still be manpower to run the machines.
"Yes there are...