INVESTMENT pledges approved by the Board of Investments (BoI) grew by 27 percent to P304.4 billion in the first half of 2019 from P238 billion in the same period a year ago.

In a statement on Wednesday, the BoI, an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, said the power sector had the biggest share in total investments in the period with P192.4 billion, up 77.9 percent from last year’s P108.2 billion.

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