FOREIGN-INVESTMENT approvals saw a substantial increase in the first quarter of 2019, the government reported on Thursday, with four investment-promotion agencies (IPA) recording growth in the period.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), six of the seven monitored IPAs approved P45.983 billion in foreign pledges in January to March, up 223 percent from P14.208 billion in the same period last year.

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