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Activists show placards during a protest in Manila against the supreme court ruling that the military accord with the US was constitutional. The US has been offered use of eight military bases across the nation. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images Agence-France Presse Thursday 14 January 2016 03.57 GMT Last modified on Thursday 14 January 2016 03.59 GMT Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Google Shares 54 Comments 107 Save for after After the nation's supreme court upheld a security agreement with Washington made in the face of growing tensions with China the Philippines is set to offer the US military usage of eight bases, a military spokesman has said. The facilities include air and the former US Clark airbase and naval facilities on the southwestern island of Palawan which faces the South China Sea, the focus of territorial disputes with China. US to deploy? Poseidon spy airplane territory tensions Read Military spokesman Colonel Restituto Padilla said the facilities will be used to keep materials and equipment. He added that the offer had still to be finalised following the Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 10-year security treaty. The decision allows for the full enactment of the Increased Defense Co-operation Arrangement (EDCA), signed in 2014 but not executed due to legal challenges from groups opposed to US military participation in the Philippines, a US colony from 1898 to 1946. More US troops will be seen by it help Manila assemble military facilities and rotate through the Philippines for war games. "We've resumed talks now that there's a go-sign that EDCA is constitutional," Padilla said on Wednesday. "We're continuing talks and we will finalise the agreement on the places," he said without giving a schedule when the verdict could be reached. The Philippines hosted two of the biggest foreign US military bases until 1992, when the senate voted to end their leases, a decision determined by anti-US sentiment. Advertisement The new pact does not authorise a return of US bases. http://www.evevalkyrie.org/vanilla/discussion/759400/cables-reveal-current-us-policy-on-syria-is-basically-an-extension-of-the-policy-of-the-w-bush-regi China and the Philippines - together with Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan - have conflicting claims to the South China Sea that is rich fishing ground an important shipping lane and possible source of mineral resources. The Philippines has been seeking closer defence ties together with the United States Of America , accusing China of increased aggressiveness in the South China Sea. http://fgtz.com/vanilla-core-2-0-18-8/discussion/263364/cables-reveal-present-us-policy-on-syria-is-basically-an-expansion-of-the-policy-of-the-w-bush-regi In April 2012, after a tense stand off with Philippine boats, Chinese vessels took control of a shoal only 220km (135m) off the primary Philippine island of Luzon. Philippine president Benigno Aquino negociate the EDCA to help its military capabilities are improved by the Philippines and bring the United States nearer, partially to counter the increasing existence in China.