US gets permission to use 4 more military bases in the Philippines

The decision was announced shortly after US Secretary of Defense Austin visited Philippine President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos today. With the decision made under the Expanded Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which was previously signed between the two countries, the number of military bases the US has permission to use in the Philippines increased to 9.

With respect to the 5 military bases accessed above, the US has allocated over $82 million for infrastructure investments at five EDCA facilities and is proud that these investments support economic growth and job creation. in local Philippine communities,” the US Department of Defense statement said.

On the other hand, the US, which increased its effectiveness in the Pacific Ocean, announced that it had opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands, which signed a security agreement with China.

FATHER-SON PRESIDENT

President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos is the only son of Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the country from 1965 to 1986. Father Marcos left the country on February 25, 1986, after the events after the last ’86 elections and the growing tension in the country, and he went to Hawaii, which is the state of the United States. Marcos died here on September 28, 1989.