To register strong opposition against the US-led Pax Silica framework and what organizers condemn as intensifying US imperialist offensives on the Filipino people, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Negros and allied Negrense people’s organizations will stage a protest at 10 a.m. Monday, November 16.
Set to take place in front of the Bacolod City Government Center Replica at the Bacolod Public Plaza, the mass action coincides with the ongoing 49th ASEAN Summit and comes ahead of United States President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to the Philippines from November 17 to 18.
The Negros mobilization runs parallel to sustained protests launched by BAYAN and its affiliate organizations across various regions nationwide since last week.
At the center of the mounting resistance is the controversial Pax Silica initiative—a US-backed strategic framework focused on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, semiconductor supply chains, and critical minerals linked to the Luzon Economic Corridor in Tarlac’s New Clark City.
Progressive networks are also denouncing what they call the broader economic and geopolitical interventions expected during Trump’s diplomatic visit, asserting that they undermine Philippine sovereignty and subordinate local livelihoods to foreign corporate and military interests. *
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