The US imperialists and the puppet Marcos regime are aggressively advancing the Pax Silica-linked ESZ or “economic security zone” in Tarlac and Pampanga, that will siphon the country’s natural wealth and deprive the masses of their land and resources. Yesterday, the US ambassador himself visited the site.

Even now, contracts (involving Prime Water and an Israeli company) to dig at least 20 wells, each 100 meters deep, are being rushed through. These wells are meant to extract ultrapure water and divert surface water from nearby Cutcut, O’Donnel and Bangut rivers.

It is believed that this water resources will be used for the cooling system of data centers and for the washing of wafers involved in semiconductor manufacturing.

The Marcos puppet regime is allowing profit-hungry monopoly capitalists to build these data centers in the Philippines, in utter disregard of the welfare of the Filipino people. This shift to the Philippines and other US neocolonies comes as New York State and more than 150 local authorities in 40 states imposed moratoriums on these water-intensive, power-hungry facilities, which have dried up water sources and driven up electricity rates.

The aggressive push of the US imperialists must be met with even more determined resistance by the Filipino people.

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