Title:

 PH and US: who needs whom more?

Author:

Conrad Calalang

Source:

Inquirer.net

Date:

 December 21, 2016

Description:

As one of America’s closest allies, the Philippines has long provided U.S. forces with a strategic staging ground for its operations within the Pacific region, but for as long as this partnership has existed, Filipinos have repeatedly called into question its end of the bargain.