THE government's outstanding debt grew by nearly P600 billion at the end of March, hitting a new high of P12.68 trillion.

The P586.3-billion rise from February's P12.9 trillion was "due to the net issuance of government securities to both local and external lenders," the Treasury bureau said on Thursday.

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