OUTSTANDING debt of the national government increased to P5.79 trillion in April, climbing 2.7 percent or P150 billion from a year earlier as domestic obligations rose, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said over the weekend.

Compared with the previous month, the April government debt rose 0.1 percent or P2.99 billion.

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