Investment approvals were up 60 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, the Department of Trade and Industry said, exceeding a 50-percent growth forecast.

The Board of Investments greenlighted P243-billion worth of investment pledges in the January-March period, up from P152.1 billion posted last year.

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