Marcos on track for biggest debt buildup
Marcos inherited that P12.79 trillion. By July 2026, it had reached P19.39 trillion. The difference: P6.60 trillion.
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Marcos inherited that P12.79 trillion. By July 2026, it had reached P19.39 trillion. The difference: P6.60 trillion.
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Inflation has reared its ugly head, with 2026 estimates projected to be 6-7 percent, way above the government’s earlier target of 3-4 percent.
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The People’s Budget Coalition has raised concerns over the proposed 2027 national budget, flagging the growing debt burden, reduced allocations for key social…
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Consumer finance platform Billease has secured a P1-billion credit facility from Philippine National Bank (PNB), adding one of the country’s largest universal…
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The country’s power sector is getting a major financial and digital boost as LandBank extends a P155-billion financing facility to the Power Sector Assets and…
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GENEVA (AFP) — Only 40 percent of health care facilities worldwide met basic sanitation standards in 2025, while 11 percent had no sanitation services at all,…
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ABS-CBN Corp. has extended its financial lifelines as the once-dominant broadcaster continues efforts to repair its debt-laden balance sheet.
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More than a third of every peso collected from every Filipino taxpayer goes not to a classroom or a hospital but to a bondholder.
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Atome Philippines has partnered with Electronic Commerce Payments Inc. (ECPay) to allow customers to purchase prepaid mobile load directly through the Atome…
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Market insiders have told Nosy Tarsee about a big battle being waged in the corporate realm which isn’t about nostalgia for the old broadcast days but about…
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Nosy Tarsee learned from regulator sources that a certain red-and-yellow courier, the one whose trucks and branches you’ll find in practically every barangay…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s shift in rhetoric during his 2026 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) may pose challenges to his administration’s fiscal…
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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines criticized the Philippines’ record-high national government debt of P19.07 trillion, saying teachers and…
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The national government's outstanding debt climbed to a record P19.07 trillion as of end-June, up P518.98 billion, or 2.8 percent, from P18.55 trillion a month…
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Many serious pediatric cases require repeated visits, long stays and costly travel to Metro Manila where advanced hospitals are located. With the opening of…
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Since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assumed office in July 2022, the country’s external debt has ballooned by nearly a third, rising by more than $36 billion…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) welcomes the Philippines’ first-place ranking in the Institute of International Finance’s (IIF) 2026 Investor Relations…
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Intramuros Administration, ICTSI Foundation, Department of Environment and Public Services of Manila, and…
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