"If not handled astutely in accordance with clearly defined Philippine national security interests rather than parochial sectoral interests, EDCA can become our country’s source...
"There are high expectations in Manila that EDCA can also contribute to the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines"
By Rommel C. Banlaoi
Defense...
The militant Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Friday called for the junking of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, a US-Philippine military...
SENATE Minority Leader Ralph Recto has said he will “not oppose” President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to “in effect mothball the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement”...
The military declined to comment on President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to junk the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the United States pending a clarification...
UNITED States Ambassador Philip Goldberg on Thursday reiterated that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement is not directly related to the country’s dispute with China...
THE Philippines and United States have finally agreed where the Americans can build facilities under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement which was affirmed by...
