Philippines voted Top 10 locations for offshore services

Hanging by a Thread
T he showroom of El-Hosseiny textiles in the Delta town of Salmone El-Omash is one large open space. The walls are lined with sun-bleached mannequins, their features covered in a thick layer of dust. The room is packed with overflowing boxes of brightly colored garments, leftovers from last season.

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PAKISTAN: Unofficial healthcare discrimination against Bengalis
KARACHI, 7 April 2010 (IRIN) – All housemaid Shehr Bano needed to survive the late stages of Hepatitis B was good palliative care. But despite having an official Pakistani national identity card (NIC), her Bengali origin and meagre income meant she could not get treatment and she died in August 2009.

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Philippines voted Top 10 locations for offshore services
Here’s one great news for all of us. For the report ‘10 Leading Locations for Offshore Services in Asia Pacific and Japan for 2010’, the Philippines was recently included as one of the top locations for offshore services in Asia Pacific in 2010. Gartner analyzed the capabilities and potential of various countries as offshore services locations in the region. A separate report identifies the top …

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