THE country's debt service burden rose in February, preliminary Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data showed, hitting $2.38 billion or 7.1 percent higher than the $2.23 billion recorded a year earlier.

Principal payments fell by 0.17 percent to $1.176 billion from $1.178 billion, but interest payments increased by 15.3 percent to $1.208 billion from $1.048 billion.

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