THE appropriate benchmark for sustainable debt for the Philippines is now 70% of gross domestic product (GDP), according to Malacañang.

PH debt hit ₱16.92T in May 2025—up 10.24% year-on-year—driven by domestic borrowing, with peso gains easing external obligations.

THE NATIONAL Government’s (NG) outstanding debt hit a fresh high of P16.92 trillion at the end of May as new domestic debt issuances were partly offset by the stronger peso, the Bureau of the Treasury ...

The country’s outstanding debt reached a new high and inched closer to P17 trillion as of May following the issuance of new domestic securities, the Bureau of the Treasury said.

MORE than a million minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region are set to receive a P50 daily pay increase starting this July, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on ...