SIX out of 10 Filipinos believe that the US will defend the Philippines in case of an invasion by another country, a survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) said.

The survey, taken ahead of the 67th year of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the US and the Philippines in August 2018, showed that 61 percent of the 1,200 respondents surveyed nationwide answered in the affirmative while 9 percent said otherwise.

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