MANILA,Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s trips have resulted in the generation of more than 200,000 job opportunities. ADVERTISEMENT“President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has brought home not only billions of pesos worth of investment pledges in the Philippines, but has also brought over 200,000 job opportunities for the Filipino people from his official foreign trips from the last quarter of 2022 until 2023,” it said. Following reports of the President’s travel fund rising by 58 percent in the 2024 National Budget, Palace cited data from Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). 2023China, January 3 to 5: 32,722 jobsJapan, February 8 to 12: 24,000 jobsUnited States, April 30 to May 4: 6,386 jobsMalaysia, July 25 to 27: 8,365 jobsSingapore, September 14 to 17: 450 jobsUnited States, November 14 to 17: 2,550 jobsYour subscription could not be saved. Subscribe to our daily newsletter SIGN ME UPJapan, December 15 to 18: 15,750 jobs

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 27, 2023 19:24 UTC