RP losing software engineers, digital animators to India, Singapore

... figures cited are anecdotal; the actual numbers could be higher

By MARICEL E. ESTAVILLO, Reporter

Exodus of Filipino information technology (IT) workers to India and Singapore is expected to continue as these two countries gear up their digital animation and software development industries.

Frank Holz, chief executive officer of IT consulting firm Outsource2Philippines, said in an interview that Singapore employs around 7,000 Filipino engineers for its software development industry to date. Mr. Holz said he got the number during a recent meeting with Singaporean trade officials.

Mr. Holz added that the number could be bigger as the figure at hand is only anecdotal. There is no readily available data yet on the actual number of IT professionals working in software development houses in Singapore and in other countries.

Data from the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) showed that the country sent 933,588 overseas foreign workers last year and 344,058 more from January to April this year...

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