REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION THE PHILIPPINES’ external debt service burden increased by an annual 17% as of end-September due to a rise in both interest and principal payments, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.Debt servicing on external borrowings climbed

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