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Signed on Our Behalf: The Pax Silica Deal Filipinos Need to Talk About

In April 2026, the Philippines quietly joined a coalition few Filipinos have heard of — and in doing so, put 4,000 acres of Tarlac soil on the table for a foreign power. The deal is called Pax Silica, and it's being sold as the country's ticket into the future of artificial intelligence and semiconductor manufacturing.