Governor Manuel Mamba on Tuesday reiterated his stance against establishing a new EDCA site in Cagayan as he expressed fear that the base could become a "magnet" for attacks by US adversaries.
The U.S. military will be granted access to three additional military facilities in the northern Philippines, and one on the island of Palawan in the South China Sea.
American troops are already acquainted with the four bases identified by the Philippines government as sites where rotational U.S. forces may be stationed indefinitely.
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The Palace on Monday identified four new bases one near the hotly disputed South China Sea and another near Taiwan where American troops and weapons could be temporarily stationed under a treaty between the Philippines and the United States.