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                    [Title] => US congressional panel: Taiwan could fund EDCA upgrades in Philippines
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A U.S. congressional commission recommended allowing Taiwan to fund infrastructure upgrades at Philippine EDCA sites.

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                    [Title] => Marcos urged to allocate aid for children left behind after US bases
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Filipino-American leaders are asking President Marcos to tap U.S. humanitarian aid to support 50,000 Amerasians left behind since 1992.

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                    [Title] => Top U.S. military official arrives in Philippines, to visit EDCA site
                    [Summary] => Charles Brown Jr., chair of the joint U.S. military chiefs, arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday and is set to visit one of the nine designated facilities for American rotational forces under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.
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                    [Title] => Marcos: No additional EDCA sites in Philippines
                    [Summary] => The government has no plan of giving US forces access to more military bases in the country under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, President Marcos said yesterday, even as he expects expanded joint combat exercises with US and Japanese troops in the coming months.
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                    [Title] => Return of hard balancing in Philippine policy towards China's maritime expansion in South China Sea
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                    [Title] => US: ‘Everything we do in the Philippines is at the invitation of gov’t’
                    [Summary] => The United States said the Philippines has the sole discretion on how the selected military bases – which it granted Washington access to – will be used amid fears that it would drag Manila into Washington’s own conflicts.
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                    [Title] => Marcos: No US request for Philippine troops to aid if war breaks out in Taiwan
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                    [Title] => Marcos: Philippines won't become military staging post
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                    [Title] => Cagayan Governor retains opposition for establishment of EDCA sites, gains support from constituents
                    [Summary] => Constituents from all over Cagayan and Governor Manuel N. Mamba called on the President to hear the voices of Cagayanos who stand against the expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in the province.
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                    [Title] => ANYARE?: Why the Philippines will get dragged in US-China conflict over Taiwan
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                    [Title] => Return of hard balancing in Philippine policy towards China's maritime expansion in South China Sea
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                    [Title] => US: ‘Everything we do in the Philippines is at the invitation of gov’t’
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                    [Title] => Marcos: No US request for Philippine troops to aid if war breaks out in Taiwan
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                    [Title] => Cagayan Governor retains opposition for establishment of EDCA sites, gains support from constituents
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