INVESTMENT pledges in Mindanao in the first half of this year dropped 63 percent to P6.87 billion from P18.42 billion in the same period last year, data from the Board of Investments (BoI) showed on Wednesday.

Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez tried to downplay the fall in investors’ pledges, saying, “maybe it’s just timing, the timing of project submissions and approval.”

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