MANILA: The US Pacific Command has banned its troops in the Philippines from bars and nightclubs, a spokesman said, with the trial under way of a US Marine accused of murdering a transgender Filipina he met in a bar.
Thousands of American and Filipino soldiers will on Monday kick off 10-day annual military excercises, according to Captain Alex Lim, a spokesman for the US forces, but there will be strict controls on their free time.
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