{
  "id": 19890640,
  "title": "Pax Silica means peace. In the Philippines, it’s a fight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/pax-silica-means-peace-in-the-philippines-its-a-fight",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T00:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3374368/pax-silica-means-peace-philippines-its-fight"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in Manila earlier this year, five people were arrested as hundreds of activists chanting “Junk Pax Silica!” clashed with anti-riot police. Inside, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr hobnobbed with some 600 investors, industry leaders and officials at a US-sponsored forum, urging them to sink their money into the US-led scheme. The Philippines is planning to…",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}