{"id":14629,"date":"2024-01-26T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T08:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/?p=14629"},"modified":"2024-02-05T07:43:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T23:43:52","slug":"fdi-doesnt-mean-devt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/tl\/fdi-doesnt-mean-devt\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign investment doesn&#8217;t mean development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marcos Jr administration claims that relaxing the Philippine Constitution&#8217;s economic restrictions through charter change or Cha-cha will attract more foreign investments and bring development to the country. 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