“The United States has nine military bases in the Philippines, which is prohibited under the Constitution.”
What Vera Files found
The U.S. no longer has any permanent military bases in the country since 1992. American troops, however, have access to some Philippine military facilities under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), an implementing agreement of the Mutual Defense Treaty, which the Supreme Court declared in 2016 as constitutional.
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In short
Victor Rodriguez made this claim around 17 June 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 3 July 2024, 16 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Victor Rodriguez has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/live/0FK-rk2AFag?t=16030s
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