MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos urged President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic team on Wednesday to reconsider its “draconian regime of no ecozones.”
“We share your impassioned plea to economic managers to reconsider this draconian regime of no ecozones and constantly ‘rationalizing’ the already meager incentives,” Marcos said during the hearing of the Senate committee on economic affairs.
The senator echoed Senator Richard Gordon’s reminder to economic managers of the importance of getting new investments to provide more jobs for Filipinos.
This, as officials of the Department of Finance (DoF) and National Economic Development Authority (Neda), stood firm against legisl…
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