IN his parting message at the last economic forum organized by this newspaper, central bank Gov. Benjamin Diokno said the public debt should not cause Filipinos to worry. That seems pertinent, given the recent news that it had ballooned to P12 trillion, which figure has been hyped up by some candidates for their gain.

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