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 The Duterte administration has borrowed P741.59 billion from foreign creditors last year for the country’s coronavirus response, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Data from the DOF’s International Finance Group (IFG) showed that the government has contracted a total of $17.06 billion,...

The Duterte administration has so far borrowed close to $10 billion to fund the national government’s coronavirus response, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the national government’s financing support for COVID-19 from...

Government borrowings breached the P2 trillion mark in August this year as the Duterte administration needed funds to bridge the gap between its dwindling revenues and required spending level amid the coronavirus-induced recession....