Iloilo IT-BPM industry incurred an estimated additional expense (loss) of around P2 billion from March 16 – May 32, 2020.

Last April 30, 2020, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Labor and Employment released the INTERIM GUIDELINES ON WORKPLACE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ON COVID-19.

A new storybook that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Save the Children.

March 17, 2020. Iloilo City government issued EO 53 imposing restriction to some establishment in the practice of social distancing to control the spread of COVID-19.

March 16, 2020. Another advisory was issued to inform the IT-BPM sector that flights in and out of Iloilo International Airport will be suspended starting March 18, 2020.

March 15, 2020 - Iloilo City Mayor released Executive Order 50 putting Iloilo City into a community quarantine and suspending entry of non-essential persons traveling by sea to contain and prevent the entry of COVID-19.

March 6, 2020- Iloilo City, the IT-BPM and Shared Services Sector meet during their quarterly meeting at the new conference room of Hinduja Global Solutions, located at their new site at SM Strata Building, BS Aquino Drive, Mandurriao, Iloilo City.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) aims to name the next 20 Digital Cities in the Philippines by March 2020.

The Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT) congratulates the Municipality of Mina, Iloilo for winning 1st Place in the Municipality Level the 2019 Best eGov for Business Environment (G2B) Award, while Iloilo Province bagged 3rd place in the same category in the provincial level.

IFIT March activities and supported events.