{"id":18311,"date":"2026-05-14T01:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/?p=18311"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:38:01","slug":"will-pax-silica-industrialize-the-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/tl\/will-pax-silica-industrialize-the-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Pax Silica industrialize the Philippines?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the political drama unfolds, the Marcos administration allows continuing bigtime foreign plunder of the country&#8217;s resources. We&#8217;re dazzled with talk about billions of dollars in semiconductor and AI investments and exports. 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