The Asian Development Bank has sanctioned a $500 million loan to help plug the Philippines' budget deficit, according to
. The sum will be drawn from the regional lender's $3 billion countercyclical fund. The five-year loan is expected to be disbursed in September, Philippine finance undersecretary for international finance group Rosalia de Leon said.
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