US demand for higher PH military spending threatens dev’t priorities

June 3, 2026

NEWS

Every peso used for military expenditures is a peso less for the country’s urgent development needs.

Will Pax Silica industrialize the Philippines?

May 14, 2026

As the political drama unfolds, the Marcos administration allows continuing bigtime foreign plunder of the country’s resources. We’re dazzled with talk about billions of dollars in semiconductor and AI investments and exports. But is the Pax Silica hype the same as industrialization?