Philippines won't be "staging post" for military action: Marcos

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said ahead of a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday he will not allow his country to be used as a "staging post for any kind of military action" as tensions between Washington and Beijing increase over the Taiwan Strait.The Southeast Asian country leader is expected to discuss with Biden the "evolving conditions" of his country's decades-old defense treaty with the United States.Aboard an aircraft en route to Washington, Marcos also told reporters on Sunday that he will not encourage any "provocative action" by any country that will put a…READ FULL ARTICLE