(Photos from Alvin I. Dacanay and the Bureau of the Treasury Facebook page)

The government’s outstanding debt soared anew to breach the P9-trillion mark at the end of last month on the back of higher domestic and foreign borrowings to fund its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic programs, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr).

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