Investment pledges approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) grew by 47 percent to P907 billion in 2018 from last year, the agency reported on Sunday, also surpassing a P680-billion target.

“We hit another record-breaking investment in [the] BOI’s 51-year history, beating the P617 billion in 2017 by a wide margin,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said in a statement.

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