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• Military policy (Philippines)

  Philippines: The generals’ pork? Duterte eyes P16.4-B fund for anti-communist task force

  5 September 2020, by FONBUENA Carmela

  If approved, the fund is seen to set the stage for a bigger war with the Left a year before the 2022 elections
  President Rodrigo Duterte allocated his controversial anti-insurgency task force – the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) – a staggering P16.44 (...)

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  EDCA – On US-Philippines New Defense Pact

  19 March 2016, by PARAMESWARAN Prashanth

  A Big Deal? US, Philippines Agree First ‘Bases’ Under New Defense Pact
  A look at the significance of the initial locations agreed for EDCA’s implementation.
  The United States and the Philippines have finally agreed on the first locations where U.S. forces will have access under a new defense (...)

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  Defense Buildup: The Truth About Philippine Military Modernization and the ‘China Threat’

  8 July 2015, by PARAMESWARAN Prashanth

  Manila’s ongoing defense buildup needs to be put into perspective.
  Yesterday, reports surfaced that the Philippine military was “ramping up” its military spending amid a rising threat from China most clearly manifested in the saber-rattling by the two sides in the South China Sea. While the (...)