SPEAKERS at the Pandesal Forum on Saturday have agreed that allowing more American military bases in the Philippines will increase the risk of the country being dragged into an unwanted war.

Among the forum's speakers were The Manila Times columnist Ricardo Saludo, former Presidential Management Staff chief and Civil Service Commission chairman; Herman Laurel, Philippines Asian Century Strategic Studies Institute president; Prof. Anna Malindog-Uy, vice president for external affairs, Philippines Asian Century Strategic Studies Institute; and Prof. Celso Cainglet of the University of the Philippines Visayas (Iloilo City).

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