PEZA tallies 27 ecozones worth P9.2 B under Marcos admin

A total of 27 economic zones with investments worth over P9 billion have been proclaimed under the Marcos administration to boost economic growth.

- - Louella Desiderio

Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) director general Tereso Panga told reporters that the proclaimed ecozones are worth P9.175 billion.

For this year alone, he said 16 ecozones with investments of P5.637 billion were proclaimed by President Marcos.

Those proclaimed this year include four information technology parks—the Sevina Park Commercial in Laguna, ArcoVia City in Pasig City, Taft East Gate in Cebu and the Tupi IT Park in South Cotabato—as well as IT centers The Grid in Iloilo and Xentromall Antipolo in Rizal.