In December 2025 the United States declared Pax Silica, a coalition to secure the minerals and chips behind the AI era. The Philippines signed on in April 2026. What follows isn't that declaration. It's the one being written by the farmers, scientists, and lawmakers who weren't in the room for it.
Officially, it's a "positive-sum partnership": a US-led coalition of allied nations coordinating the supply chain that runs from critical minerals to finished chips to AI infrastructure. The stated goal is reducing "coercive dependencies" on any single supplier. The Philippines was named for what sits under its own soil.
Substantial reserves of the raw materials that feed semiconductor and battery manufacturing.
A February 2026 minerals memorandum with Washington, followed by a proposal for a roughly 4,000-acre economic security zone anchored near New Clark City, in Central Luzon — the country's first Pax Silica industrial hub.
Tap a blacked-out line to see how opposition groups read the fine print.
A special economic zone on Philippine soil, governed by foreign law and shielded by diplomatic immunity, is not a technicality. Any agreement should place the zone squarely under Philippine jurisdiction, full stop.
Farmer groups including KMP warn the proposed footprint overlaps land that currently feeds rice and coconut production in Central Luzon. Communities working that land get a binding say before any conversion, not a briefing after.
Environmental groups, Kalikasan among them, point to mountains, watersheds, and ancestral domains that intensified mineral extraction would open up. Any expansion needs environmental safeguards that precede the deal, not follow the damage.
Nickel, cobalt, and rare earths sit in both solar panels and missile guidance systems. The public deserves a straight answer on whether Pax Silica infrastructure in the Philippines could be repurposed for military logistics.
Mining the ore and shipping it out while chip design, fabrication, and profit stay abroad is the same subordinate role the country has played before. The floor for any agreement is technology transfer and local value capture, with numbers attached, not adjectives.
Party-list lawmakers including Antonio Tinio, Sarah Jane Elago, and Renee Louise Co have called for complete congressional review of the arrangement's terms. Nothing further gets signed without that review happening in public first.
The US State Department declares Pax Silica, a coalition to secure the AI-era supply chain from minerals to chips to compute.
The Philippines and the US sign a memorandum of understanding to diversify critical mineral supply chains.
The Philippines formally accedes to Pax Silica; a roughly 4,000-acre economic security zone near New Clark City is proposed as the country's first hub.
Bayan, Kalikasan, KMP, and the STOP US War coalition publicly oppose the initiative, citing land, environmental, and militarization concerns.
Makabayan bloc lawmakers press for full transparency and congressional scrutiny before further agreements are finalized.
These groups and lawmakers have publicly stated opposition or called for review, according to Philippine reporting. Their inclusion here documents a position already on record, not a formal endorsement of this page.
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