Putin signs law allowing Ukraine fighters to write off unpaid debts

Agence France Presse 11/24/2024

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a law that allows those who sign up to fight in Ukraine to write off unpaid debts worth almost $100,000, the government announced. The new legislation will be…

PH debt soared to P15.89 trillion as of September

Mariedel Irish U. Catilogo 10/31/2024

The Philippine government’s debt reached a record P15.89 trillion at the end of September, as officials borrowed more locally and internationally to cover the budget deficit. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Wednesday that this marked…

SC orders Gwen to settle P39M debt to HSBC following 1996 loan dispute

Morexette Marie Erram 09/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to pay around $700,000 (roughly P39 million in today’s rates) for failing to settle a debt she obtained from the Hongkong and Shanghai…

PH gov’t debt hits record P15.69 trillion in July

Mariedel Irish U. Catilogo 09/04/2024

Government debt reached a new high of P15.69 trillion at the end of July, mainly due to new government securities and project loans. The increase was slightly offset by a stronger peso, according to the Bureau of…

Gov’t debt slightly drops to P14.93T

Alden M. Monzon 05/03/2024

The national government’s total debt dropped to P14.93 trillion as of the end of March, down 1.67 percent from the previous month’s P15.12 trillion. This was because more money was repaid for domestic government loans than was…

Gov’t debt stock rose to P14.79 trillion as of Jan

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 03/02/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The government’s outstanding debt rose in January due to a weak peso and after the Marcos administration borrowed more from local creditors than what it paid for its maturing liabilities, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr)…

Gov’t debt soars to unprecedented P14.51T as borrowing costs, inflation rise

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 01/04/2024

MANILA, Philippines  — The government’s debt reached a new record high of P14.51 trillion in November 2023, increasing by P27.92 billion from the previous month. This rise was influenced by higher borrowing costs and increased inflation, leading…

Bouncing back

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 05/24/2022

Now that the first-quarter growth figures are out, I thought I’d take a closer look at how the economy is growing. The report was a surprise to many, as most analysts had expected the gross domestic product…

E-sabong’s social costs: Debt, possibly, even death

Kurt dela Peña 05/04/2022

MANILA, Philippines—As sabong (cockfight) went online in 2018, the House of Representatives already expressed its concerns, but as COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented in 2020, the craze even went wilder. It was in 2020 when Mike Tabelina, 32,…

Dreading debt

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 12/14/2021

As of today, our government owes money equivalent to nearly two-thirds of all incomes generated in the economy in a year. The total debt owed by the national government as of the third quarter stood at P11.92…

PH ‘sinking deeper and deeper’ into debt

Ben O. de Vera - Reporter / @bendeveraINQ 02/06/2021

MANILA, Philippines — As presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. wished rigor mortis on critics of the Duterte administration, the country’s economic managers scrambled to stop the economy itself from “sinking deeper and deeper” as President Duterte himself…

Some Sinulog choreographers deep in debt, depressed

Doris C. Bongcac 01/12/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Contingents that signed up for the January 17 ritual showdown of the Sinulog 2021 were already looking forward to the competition when the announcement for its postponement was made on Saturday, January 9.…

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