{
  "id": 1901666,
  "title": "Philippines: 5 provinces shortlisted as candidates for nuclear power plants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/philippines-5-provinces-shortlisted-as-candidates-for-nuclear-power",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:19:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/philippines-five-provinces-shortlisted-as-candidates-for-first-commercial-nuclear-power-plants-1.500645455"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Manila: The Department of Energy (DOE) has identified five provinces as potential hosts for the country’s first commercial nuclear power plants, marking a major step in the government’s nuclear energy programme. Energy Undersecretary Giovanni Carlo Bacordo identified the five provinces as follows: Bataan Palawan Masbate Pangasinan Camarines Norte The five candidate provinces emerged after initial…",
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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."
}