Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to erring policemen during an audience at the Presidential Palace grounds in Manila. Duterte has given the green light for 2014 plans to station US troops in the country temporarily. (AP photo)MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given the go-ahead for the US military to build barracks and fuel depots in designated local camps where American forces are allowed to temporarily station under a 2014 defence pact, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday. The defence chief said he explained to Duterte that the stockpiling of weapons is not allowed by the agreement. The pact allows the US military to build big barracks that can be jointly used by American and Filipino troops, and to put up fuel tanks for their planes and vehicles.

Source: Bangkok Post February 07, 2017 19:09 UTC