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Malacanang welcomes BOI-approved investment pledges in first quarter of 2015

Posted on April 11, 2015

MANILA, April 11 (PNA) — The Palace welcomes a Board of Investments (BOI) report saying the country had double-digit growth in the first quarter for investment pledges supported by registrations on big-ticket projects in the energy sector.

Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the country’s investment pledges in the first quarter of the year was up by 17 percent to Php 54.62-billion from Php 46.7 billion last year.

There’s a total of 59 projects approved in the first quarter, according to Valte and with these pledges, the administration could generate more jobs.

“These 59 projects are expected to generate 18,174 jobs for our countrymen. So, again, very good news from the BOI and the Department of Trade and Industry,” she told dzRB Radyo Ng Bayan on Saturday.

The DTI attributed the higher figures in the first quarter to the approval of big-ticket projects listed under the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply sector.

The sector generated Php 13.76 billion in approved investments, up 30 percent from last year’s comparable figure of Php 10.55 billion, the DTI said.

But it was the manufacturing sector that posted the biggest growth as investments shoot up by a tremendous 517 percent from Php 2.1 billion to Php 12.9 billion.

In the transportation and storage sector, approved investments grew by 134 percent from Php 4.47 billion to Php 10.48 billion, and in the information and communication sector, investments posted a remarkable increase of 841 percent from Php 496.7 million to Php 4.67 billion.

The agriculture, forestry, and fishing also posted some growth from last year having Php 198 million this year. The education sector on the other hand now has Php 1.4 billion worth of projects. (PNA)

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