DEBT servicing by the national government rose in August from a year earlier as Manila made higher amortizations and interest payments, data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed.

Debt payments amounted to P46.76 billion in August, 89 percent higher than the P24.63 billion posted a year ago. Month on month, national government debt servicing in August fell 59 percent from P66.57 billion in July.

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