OLONGAPO: Standing beneath shimmering red lights, bar bouncer John Bunsoy bemoaned the loss of free-spending US military clients who have vanished from his Philippine “sin city” after a marine was accused of murdering a transgender sex worker.
The killing in the northern port city of Olongapo, which hosted thousands of US troops who participated in joint military exercises last week, threatens to test longstanding defence ties between Manila and Washington.
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