Manila, Oct. 8 -- The Philippines power and tourism sectors are among those that will benefit from the trip of President Rodrigo R. Duterte in Russia last October 1 to 5.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III told journalists Tuesday that potential investments from the recent foreign trip of the Chief Executive "is quite significant", although he declined to indicate figures.

"You have to remember that we don't have a big relationship with Russia and I think that the trip of the President opened the avenues for increased contact with Russians like tourism investments here. They're very interested in looking at our infrastructure projects, particularly in power," he said.

Dominguez said possible investments in the power sector include th...