A TOTAL of 45 big-ticket projects worth P721.29 billion have been approved as of August by the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB), the Finance department said on Wednesday.

"The approved investment projects are expected to create 31,421 job opportunities, primarily in capital-intensive industries such as information and telecommunications infrastructure, transportation, manufacturing and real estate projects," it said in a statement.

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