national government outstanding debt

Gov’t debt balloons to feed Marcos admin’s huge pork barrel addiction

December 9, 2025

The huge increase in debt corresponds to huge increases in controversial indicators of pork barrel in the national budgets under Pres. Marcos Jr.

National government outstanding debt

April 2, 2025

Divided per family, national government outstanding debt is now over Php600,000.

National government outstanding debt as of July 2022

September 12, 2022

Amid 2023 national budget deliberations, the Marcos government proposes that a huge chunk goes to debt servicing. But the country’s bloated debt has not improved the lives of ordinary Filipinos.

National government outstanding debt as of May 2022

July 18, 2022

The country’s outstanding debt has hit record-levels. Did the pandemic really cause this or was this due to government’s policy missteps?

Duterte Legacy?

June 1, 2022

The economy that the Duterte administration painted in its final report was a fantasy. It omitted important numbers that show how it wasn’t an economy that worked for ordinary Filipinos. Download the landscape version of the infographic here.