{
  "id": 15593148,
  "title": "Is Philippines’ laws on underwater cables lagging behind its digital hub goal?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/is-philippines-laws-on-underwater-cables-lagging-behind-its-digital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T09:36:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3371383/philippines-laws-underwater-cables-lagging-behind-its-digital-hub-goal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Philippines’ telco industry wants the country to become a regional digital hub anchored by stable underwater cables, but a leading executive and analysts warn that slow approvals for repairs, limited monitoring and fragmented official oversight could undermine the ambition. At a forum on archipelagic governance for subsea cables, PLDT, the Philippines’ largest telecommunications company,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}