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U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and Philippine Marines with 10th Marines Company ride in an amphibious assault vehicle during an amphibious landing exercise at the Navy Education and Training Command in San Antonio, Zambales, on May 9, 2018 during Exercise Balikatan. (Photo from Exercise Balikatan Facebook page/U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Charles Plouffe)

FACT CHECK: Socmed accounts wrongly posts photo and news on Balikatan

Two social media posts during the past week announced the arrival of 17,500 American troops along with armaments last week in preparation for a US-Philippine Balikatan Exercise in Subic.

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Read more about the article Duterte called a ‘turncoat’ as US deploys drone in Marawi
The Gray Eagle (General Atomics MQ-1C Unmanned Aircraft System) can be armed with four precision-guided Hellfire missiles to attack and destroy targets on the ground. (Photo from the US Embassy in Manila)

Duterte called a ‘turncoat’ as US deploys drone in Marawi

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Lawmakers criticized President Duterte for his seemingly inconsistent stand against the United States’ colonial atrocities, saying the deployment of a US combat drone in Mindanao does not sit…

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Davao Left opposes Aquino govt’s ‘access arrangements’ with US, Japan military forces

By ACE R. MORANDANTE
Davao Today

“The Aquino administration only puts at risk the lives of the people because the US government only wants to position their troops in our country with the objective of waging war against China and North Korea.” -- Sheena Duazo, spokesperson for Bayan in Southern Mindanao

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