By Junex Doronio
MANILA — The country’s future seems bright under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as his various foreign trips could create 220,000 additional jobs for Filipinos.
This was expressed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Monday (January 😎 since 20 projects received the green light and were registered with the investment promotions agencies of the DTI.
“Ito pong investments na ito ay both realized and in the pipeline and mostly nandito po sila sa sectors ng manufacturing, IT-BPM, renewable energy, data centers, and telecoms,” DTI Undersecretary for Communications Kim Bernardo-Lokin said.
She disclosed that as of Dec. 21, 2023, the total consolidated and processed investments had reached $77.178 billion or about P4 trillion pesos.
Out of the total, nine (9) are ongoing and operating, Bernardo-Lokin further bared.
“In terms of trabaho, ang total po natin diyan na nakuha is about 224,200 na jobs – iyon po iyong translation niya,” she added.
(el Amigo/MNM)
