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Marcus Chen
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More from Marcus →Managing Editor · Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM · 1 min read
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.
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The Philippines is planning to build a sprawling 1,620-hectare (4,000-acre) “Pax Silica” technology hub near a former American...
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Local news from Meridan Report — Hong Kong
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Technology
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Saturday, November 14, 2026
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