Philippines announces locations of 4 bases to be used by US army

The office of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has named the four additional bases that United States forces will have access to under an existing defense agreement to expand military cooperation.

The Presidential Communications Office said in a statement that the four sites will be in Isabela and Cagayan, on the island of Luzon, facing north towards Taiwan, and on Palawan, near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.