Tag: American military presence in the Philippines

WE SUPPORT THE CALL OF PCEC TO REVIEW EDCA

The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) was signed on 28 April 2014 by Philippines Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg. Before the EDCA was signed, the document was kept secret from the public and was signed without consulting either the Philippine House of Representatives and the House of Senate. …

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IS THE AQUINO GOVERNMENT RE-AMERICANIZING THE PHILIPPINES?

Notes and Reflections on the 2013 Framework Agreement on increased Rotational Presence between the PH Department of National Defense and the US Department of Defense. Last Wednesday, August 14, representatives of the Government of the Philippines and a delegation from the US Department of Defense started their talks about a greater American military presence in …

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