EMPLOYMENT in three special economic zones of state-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) rose to 81,282 as of end-2014, a 31.37 percent increase from 61,874 in 2010.

The numbers showed that an additional 19,408 jobs were created in 2010 to 2014 at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, the Poro Point Freeport Zone in La Union, and the John Hay Special Economic Zone (JHSEZ) in Baguio City, BCDA President and CEO Arnel Paciano Casanova said on Thursday.

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