Ipinahayag ni Pangulong Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. na nais niyang magtayo ng battery manufacturing facilities sa Pilipinas.

"As I said, we would like to go beyond just the phase of just extracting the minerals and to actually go vertically integrate that entire activity all the way down to actual battery production,” saad ni Marcos sa mga negosyante sa United States (US) nitong Miyerkules, Mayo 3 (US time).

“Since battery production is now going to be or has become such an important part of our businesses with the advent again we always come across this issue with the advent of climate change and the Philippines being vulnerable to the effects of climate change," dagdag niya.

Sinabi naman ni Marcos na mangangailangan ang bansa ng teknolohiya at malaking pondo para sa nasabing proyekto.

"They are not small projects and so they require major funding and that again is another part of the situation that we have to deal with," ani Marcos.

“And the part that batteries will play in that whole system cannot be overstated. And that is why it would be very good if we could bring the industry into the Philippines,” dagdag niya.

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