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        "rendered": "<p>&#8220;The circa 1970s Laiban dam has been recently revived supposedly to augment Metro Manila&#8217;s water supply that other dams cannot provide especially during dry months. Also, the last remaining hydro-electric government facility. Angat dam in Bulacan has been offered to bidders after the sale of Magat, Ambuklao-Binga and Pantabangan-Masiway to big private corporations in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Large dams are touted by government as instruments of development by providing water supply, cheap energy, irrigation, and other functions for poor but water resources-rich countries like the Philippines. But the country&#8217;s experience with large dams has been damning, so to speak, as large dams have only benefited international financial institutions (IFIs), construction and power transnational corporations (TNCs), and even government bureaucrats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Mega Dams\/ Profiteering in Infrastructure\/ 15 &amp; 28 February 2010\/ IBON Facts &amp; Figures Special Release<\/p>",
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