Foreign direct investments (FDI) tripled to P40.6 billion in April-June this year from P13.8 billion a year earlier and set in motion the process of creating 52,604 new jobs, according to the latest data gathered from four of the country’s major investment promotion agencies.
Projected employment from the FDI projects in the second quarter rose by 81.4 percent from the 29,004 jobs year-on-year.
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said Japanese investors committed 43.2 percent or P17.5 billion of the investments approved by the Board of Investments, Clark Development Corporation, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
The United States and the Netherlands were also top investors, with shares of 20.3 percent (P8.2 billion) and 17.7 percent (P17.2 billion), respectively.
The main bulk of the FDIs, P26.4 billion, were channeled to the manufacturing sector. A far second were real estate investments at P5.2 billion. The utilities sector got P4.8 billion. — ELR/VS, GMA News
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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