![]() ![]() ![]() Small wonder why not a few of SPI’s foreign clients have been heard to ask, “Why Dumaguete? There are only 150,000 people there,” recalled Suzanne Lu-Bascara, SPI Global associate director. On a typical afternoon, one can find several of its European immigrants hobble towards their favorite watering hole among the many establishments that dot the Rizal boulevard, facing the Dumaguete bay and have their favorite fix while watching the world go by. A ten-minute drive could take you to the next town,” this young executive from Manila said.ĭumaguete’s smallness is its own charm. “When they say a place is malayo, it’s actually near. But I found out for myself that it’s true,” said Leonel Joseph “LJ” Lising, senior operations manager of SPI CRM, a business process outsourcing company that set up its business here in 2009. “I didn’t believe it at first when they said that in Dumaguete, everything is 10 minutes away. For a city measuring 35 square kilometers, this small place, by any standard, still grinds to a halt at noontime to allow everyone to go home for lunch. Here, people go places in a tricycle while motorcycles rule the road. With only five taxicabs around, you’d be lucky to catch one in Dumaguete City. ![]()
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