DTI: Over 200K job opportunities opened due to Marcos' trips

Filipinos have been offered more than 200,000 job opportunities because of the official foreign trips of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from the last quarter of 2022 until 2023, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

The Presidential Communications Office, citing data from DTI, noted that Marcos’ trips in 2022 generated 7,100 job opportunities from Indonesia (September 4-6); at least 14,932 job opportunities from Singapore (September 6-7); and 98,000 job opportunities from New York (September 18-24).

Marcos also brought home last year 5,500 job opportunities from his visit to Thailand on November 16-19; at least 6,480 job opportunities from Belgium (December 11-14); and 730 job opportunities from the Netherlands (December 15-17).

In 2023, the DTI said Marcos’ visit to China on January 3-5 opened 32,722 job opportunities; 24,000 job opportunities from Japan (February 8-12); 6,386 job opportunities from Washington, DC (April 30-May 4); and 8,365 job opportunities from Malaysia (July 25-27).

Marcos’ trip to Singapore on September 14-17 also yielded 450 job opportunities; 2,550 job opportunities from the United States (November 14-17); and 15,750 job opportunities from Japan (December 15-18). 

On Tuesday, the DTI said the amount of consolidated and processed investments from Marcos’ foreign trips has reached P4.019 trillion or US$72.178 billion.

For this year, the DTI said the Marcos’ presidential and state visits have yielded $5.28 billion or P294 billion worth of actualized investments. — Giselle Ombay/RSJ, GMA Integrated News