THE national government's debt servicing nearly doubled in the first half due to a significant rise in amortizations, data released by the Bureau of the Treasury showed.

Debt payments surged by 98.08 percent to P907.93 billion for the January-June period from P458.36 billion a year earlier, with amortizations more than tripling to P625.47 billion from P201.14 billion.

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