The Department of Finance (DoF) has debunked the Philippine Economic Zone Authority’s (PEZA) claim that it has contributed P10 trillion to the local economy from 2015 to 2017.

In a statement on Monday, Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran said the investment promotions agency’s calculations “are wrong, and the result is that they’ve bloated their contributions.”

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