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(Eagle News) — A Senate panel will start reviewing the Visiting Forces Agreement and other Philippine-US military agreements next week. Senator Koko Pimentel, chair of the foreign relations committee, said apart from the VFA, which allows US bases in the country, the Enhanced Development Cooperation Agreement and the Mutual Defense Treaty would be reviewed. Pimentel made the disclosure after the Department of Justice revealed it had been asked to study the process for terminating the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The senate opposition is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to consider carefully before totally abrogating the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States. Senate minority leader Senator Ralph Recto said that they are not against the abrogation of the EDCA but that its effects should be considered, especially with regard to disaster relief operations previously provided by the US. https://youtu.be/b1Q6TAmZf84
(Eagle News) — Binigyang-diin ng Amerika na nananatiling matatag ang alyansa nito sa Pilipinas sa kabila ng mga banat ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Reaksyon ito ng US matapos ang banta ni Duterte na posibleng paalisin ang American Forces sa bansa at iniutos ang pag-review sa Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Sinabi ni State Department Spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau, mas pinagtutuunan ng pansin ng US ang malalim na relasyon sa Pilipinas kaysa mga komento ng iisang tao […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said there is no need to further review the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Yasay said the Supreme Court has already upheld the legality of EDCA, and should thus be respected. The EDCA is an agreement between the United States and the Philippines intended to bolster the U.S.–Philippine alliance. The agreement allows the United States to rotate troops into the Philippines for extended stays and allows the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) leadership is confident that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement will not be affected by President Rodrigo Duterte’s order that soldiers of the United States of America should pull-out from Mindanao. The EDCA, which falls within the scope of the Visiting Forces Agreement, allows US troops access to identified Philippine military facilities, as well as the right to construct facilities, and pre-position equipment, aircraft and […]
The Department of National Defense confirmed that the United States of America will construct five military facilities all over the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. This is after the Supreme Court declared EDCA constitutional. Chosen as sites of said facilities are: Palawan, Cagayan De Oro, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Cebu. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Philip Goldberg said that the US is looking into the possibility of conducting joint patrols in the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea. Goldberg added that it has always been the principle of the US to ensure the freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea and that said proposed joint patrol has nothing to do with the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the […]
According to House Committee on National Defense Chairman Rodolfo Biazon there is a possibility of the return of the American military bases in the country and for the US forces to stay longer in the Philippines. Biazon made the statement after the Supreme Court declared the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement legal. Biazon added that the Constitution does not ban foreign military bases in the Philippines if the country entered into a treaty with such provisions. […]
The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States is constitutional, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The SC voted 10-4, in favor of EDCA. Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said that SC’s decision “strengthens the strategic partnership between the Philippines and the United States that is founded on two other important building blocks: the Mutual Defense Treaty and the Visiting Forces Agreement.” According to Coloma, President Benigno Aquino III said […]
In its first regular session in 2016, the Supreme Court is set to decide the legality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States of America. There are speculations that there will be a split decision as three Justices of the Supreme Court submitted their dissenting opinions regarding the draft decision. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Various militant groups staged protests outside the United States embassy condemning the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) as well as the 2015 Balikatan exercises. According to the militant groups, the said agreement only benefits the United States (US). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
The Senate starts its probe on the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said that the public has the right to know if the Philippines will really benefit from the said agreement.
