TRISTAN LOPEZ

True to his campaign promise, President Rodrigo Duterte is bent on eradicating the 5-6 lending scheme in the Philippines, a loan arrangement wherein borrowers—usually those operating very small businesses—incur an exorbitant 20 percent interest rate per month. The current administration has declared war against the practice, which the President considers the bane of the existence of his countrymen.

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