FOREIGN investment approvals surged by more than a hundred percent in 2019, with three investment promotion agencies (IPAs) posting growth during the year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Data from the statistics agency showed that seven monitored IPAs approved P390.11 billion in foreign pledges from January to December, up 112.77 percent from P183.34 billion in 2018.

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