Residents suffering mental health issues urged to seek help for debt woes – Northwich Guardian

A CHRISTIAN charity is urging people with anxiety, depression and other psychological conditions brought on by financial woes to seek out help in Northwich. The congregation of Christ Church Greenbank runs a debt centre in partnership with Christians Against Poverty. Throughout their work they have found that mental health issues often run hand-in-hand with financial…

House Presents Bill to Help Rescue Puerto Rico from Debt – FOX News Radio (blog)

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) It took a while to get here, but for the island of Puerto Rico, relief is in sight. In washington, lawmakers have struck a deal to rescue Puerto Rico from a major debt crisis. FOXs Jared Halpern has more from Capitol Hill: [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/ak.podcast.foxnewsradio.com/news/dotcom/RICO_051916.mp3] After months of fits and starts over…

Congress Agrees On Plan To Help Puerto Rico Restructure $70 Billion Debt – NPR

After months of negotiation, Republicans and Democrats in Congress have agreed on a plan to help Puerto Rico deal with its crushing $70 billion debt. It sets up a control board to investigate the U.S. territory’s murky financial picture and restructure its debt payments to creditors. Read the full article at: http://www.npr.org/2016/05/19/478729095/congress-agrees-on-plan-to-help-puerto-rico-restructure-70-billion-debt