An X user makes the false claim that the United States has five military bases in the Philippines.
CLAIM: The United States has five military bases in the Philippines.
RATING: FALSE
An X user made the false claim that the United States has five military bases in the Philippines
The erroneous post of Arnaud Bertrand read:
“you literally just invited the US to build 4 new military bases in your country, on top of the existing 5.”
The five Philippine military bases that the United States military has access to are: Fort Magsaysay (Nueva Ecija), Basa Air Base (Pampanga), Antonio Bautista Air Base (Palawan), Benito Ebuen Air Base (Cebu) and Lumbia Airport (Cagayan de Oro).
The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Act (EDCA), signed in 2014, grants US troops access to designated Philippine military facilities, the right to build facilities, and preposition equipment, aircraft, and vessels.
Under the agreement, both countries “share an understanding for the United States not to establish a permanent military presence or base in the territory of the Philippines.”
While the US may use the facilities, the Philippines retains ownership and title of locations used by the US under the EDCA.
Article 18, Section 25 of the Philippine Constitution prohibits the establishment of “foreign military bases… or facilities” in the country except under a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate. The EDCA does not establish new bases nor is it a treaty between the US and the Philippines. Rommel F. Lopez
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