IKINOKONSIDERA ng malalaking negosyante ang pamumuhunan sa Eastern Visayas sa serbisyo ng water transport lalo na sa Catbalogan patungong Cebu, hospital services, agribusiness, mass housing, at agro-processing industries.
Nagpahayag ng malaking interes ang mga napiling investor noong magkaroon ng series ng investment promotion activities na isinagawa ng Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) sa Region 8, na naglalayon na itaguyod ang economic opportunities sa ilalim ng 2017-2019 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP).
Sa pamamagitan ng BOI Extension Office Cebu (BEO-Cebu) sa pakikipag-isa sa Department of Trade & Industry’s Provincial Offices in Region 8, nagkaroon ng Investment Roadshows sa Catarman at Catbalogan City; at Capability Building Training (CBT) para sa Investments Promotion sa Catarman kamakailan.
Binigyang-importansiya ng roadshows ang oportunidad sa 2017-2019 IPP at registration of projects sa BOI para makakuha ng insentibo. Nag-pokus naman ang CBT sa pagsasanay ng mga kasali sa investments promotion strategies para maka-engganyo ng mga negosyo sa kani-kanilang lugar. Binigyang-diin din ang importansiya ng business-friendly processes at paggamit ng ibang developmental tools tulad ng Local Investment and Incentives Code (LIIC) para makaengganyo ng gawaing pang-ekonomiya.
“The Philippines has a growing economy. In fact, our country is projected to grow more than five times its current economic size and become the 24th biggest economy in the world by 2030. Together with this growth, we see stronger demand for many projects such as these not only in the Eastern Visayas but also in the other parts of the country,” pahayag ni Trade Undersecretary and BOI Managing Head Ceferino Rodolfo. Dagdag pa ng pagpapakita ng ganito sa malalaking negosyante ay isang patunay ng patuloy na kompiyansa ng mga mamumuhunan sa ating bansa.
Sinabi rin ni Undersecretary Rodolfo, puwedeng samantalahin ng mga prospective investor ang patuloy na pagbabago sa imprastuktura sa Eastern Visayas. Ginawa niyang ehemplo ang Catbalogan City’s Sky City Mega Project na tumutugon sa kakulangan ng available area (flat lands) sa loob ng siyudad. Ang Sky City Mega Project ay isang 440-ektaryang mixed-use mountaintop (120 meters above sea level) na development project na bukas para sa mga mamumuhunan.
“Prospective investors can take advantage as well of the attractive investment incentives available for them should they choose to invest in Eastern Visayas provinces such as Samar and Northern Samar which are among the provinces identified as Less Developed Areas (LDAs),” ani Undersecretary Rodolfo.
Ang mga proyekto na nasa tukoy na munisipalidad ng LDAs sa Region 8 ay bibigyan ng pagkakataon para sa naunang mga insentibo at ito ay ang: Allen, Biri, Capul, Lapinig, Mapanas, Rosario, San Antonio, San Jose, San Vicente, at Victoria (Northern Samar); Almagro, Basey, Daram, Jiabong, Marabut, Matuguinao, Pagsanghan, San Sebastian, Santa Rita, Santo Niño, Tagapul-an, Talalora, Villareal at Zumarraga (Samar).
May 100 kasali mula sa local government units (LGUs), Negosyo Centers, pribadong sektor kasama ang micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at miyembro ng business chambers, ang natipon sa nasabing okasyon.
“Our next goal now is to ensure that these investment pledges and job opportunities will materialize, and allow us share the economic gains of the country, especially to those at the bottom of the pyramid,” dagdag pa ni Undersecretary Rodolfo.
BEO Cebu, together with the DTI Provincial Office in Samar will do follow-up activities to jumpstart economic momentum in these areas.
Out of the Php617 billion total BOI-approved investments in 2017, investments located in Region 8 amounted to Php754 million. These investment projects are in the areas of tourism, agri-business and mass housing projects. In the first semester of 2018, BOI-approved investments in Region 8 amounted to Php368 million.
Some of the notable projects in Region 8 for the past five years are: Sulu Electric Power and Light (Phils.), Inc. (renewable energy); Philippine Green Resources, Inc. (coco coir and coco pit production); Robinsons Land Corp. (tourism); Communities-Leyte, Inc. (mass housing); and Chen Yi Agriventures, Inc. (agribusiness).
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