Timeline: US-PHL security relations, from bases to visiting forces

After gaining independence from American colonizers, the Philippine government entered into its first defense agreement with the United States in 1947. Since then, both sides have inked several security deals including the latest one – the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement – signed Monday hours before the arrival of US President Barack Obama in the country.

This timeline traces the history of military agreements between both sides, from the now-defunct bases agreement to the rotational presence of US forces that some protesters have criticized as an infringement on Philippine sovereignty.


 
- Research by ROUCHELLE DINGLASAN & ANDREO CALONZO, Infographic produced by ANALYN PEREZ/YA/RSJ, GMA News

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