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WORD is President Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte needs more time to make an "informed decision" on whether or not to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US as reason for the third extension of the suspension for another six months of the agreement's abrogation. The first time we sought formal termination of the VFA was on Feb. 11, 2020 that would have taken effect six months thereafter (i.e., August 10 last year). Subsequently, Digong in June last year ordered the further extension of the suspension of the abrogation for another six months. It was not made clear, however, if...
