Dark night of martial law

Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/21/2020

Filipinos of a certain age make it a ceremony to remember Sept. 21, 1972, for the imposition of martial law, which the dictator Ferdinand Marcos formally announced two days later. Far from being a tedious chore, the…

P83,239: Each Filipino’s share of P9.05T debt as of end-June

Ben O. de Vera - Reporter / @bendeveraINQ 07/30/2020

Each of the estimated 108.7 million Filipinos carries the burden of paying the national government’s growing debt, which amounted to a new record-high of P9.05 trillion as of June which means if we wanted to pay now,…

A new world order (1)

Peter Wallace - @inquirerdotnet 07/16/2020

  They’re calling it the “new normal.” A world in upheaval. What will that new world look like? Let me suggest a few of the changes we may see. The first thing to recognize is that, of…

Millennials: The Debt Generation

Miracle Oyedeji 08/23/2019

Millennials: The Debt Generation. No other generation has suffered from debt than the Gen Y, also known as the echo boomers. We as a generation need to be aware of the financial burden on us and the…

Fake heiress’ life of luxury left others footing big bills

AP 03/28/2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Sorokin traveled in celebrity circles and tossed $100 tips — all the more reason to believe she was the German heiress she said she was. But behind the jet-set lifestyle and pricey…

Philippine debt further up to record P7.17 T in Oct

Inquirer.net 12/03/2018

As the Philippine government continued to borrow heavily from domestic sources, its debt stock further rose to P7.17 trillion in October. The national government’s outstanding obligations at the end of the first 10 months inched up 0.1…

China’s ‘new Silk Road’ project runs into debt jam

AFP 09/02/2018

China’s massive and expanding “Belt and Road” trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt. First announced in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the initiative…

Greeks rebuild lives after debt crisis wrecked dreams

AFP 08/19/2018

In 2010, Panagiota Kalliakmani had just secured her chemistry degree and dreamed of going into research. Then the Greek economic crisis struck. With the cash-strapped state forced into massive spending cuts, the plug was pulled on myriad…

Weaker peso raises gov’t debt to record high P6.417T at end-June 2017

Inquirer.net 07/26/2017

AS the peso slid to almost 11-year lows in June, the national government’s outstanding debt inched up to a record high P6.417 trillion at the end of the first six months of 2017. The latest Bureau of…

Warning sign on China debt reaches record level – report

09/20/2016

Beijing – A key gauge of China’s debt has reached its highest level on record, setting off alarm bells of imminent risk to the banking system, a Swiss banking watchdog reported. China’s credit-to-GDP gap reached 30.1 percent…

Cebu City owes Consolacion private landfill owner, haulers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/08/2016

Cebu City Hall still owes the owner of the private landfill in Consolacion as well as private haulers for services rendered earlier this year. According to Cebu City Councilor Margarita Osmeña, who had a brief stint as…

Unpaid debt leads to man’s murder

Apple Ta-as 05/15/2016

A MAN who failed to pay a P15,000 debt died at the hands of armed men in Barangay Luz, Cebu City Sunday dawn. Kevin James Erin was shot while he was with friends at a convenience store…

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