The US has persuaded Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to allow it to build four new military bases in the country.

The EDCA allows U.S. access to Philippine bases for joint training, pre-positioning of equipment and building of facilities such as runways, fuel storage and military housing, but it is not a ...

Instead of the full-scale air and naval bases before, the EDCA allows the US to construct “military facilities” for their exclusive use inside those Philippine military bases they can choose.

But Philippine acting Defense Secretary ... The agreement allows US troops to rotate through the bases and also store defense equipment and supplies at them. The pact stalled under former ...

Smell of gunpowder getting stronger' as deployments by American forces in the region set historical record Former Phiilippine ...

The United States and Philippines will announce new sites as soon as possible for an expanded Enhanced Defense Cooperation ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr says four new military bases under a defence agreement with the US will be located in various parts of his country, including in a province facing the ...

Marcos Says New Military Bases With US to Be 'Scattered' Around the Philippines ... south," Marcos told reporters at the sidelines of the Philippine army's founding anniversary.

The EDCA allows U.S. access to Philippine bases for joint training, pre-positioning of equipment and building of facilities such as runways, fuel storage and military housing, but it is not a ...