ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT (EDCA): Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, holds a copy of “A Critical Review on the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America” prepared by UP College of law Dean Merlin Magallona during a hearing Monday on the EDCA. Santiago also questioned officials from the Departments of National Defense and Foreign Affairs, and opined that the EDCA was unconstitutional. (PRIB Photo by Romeo Bugante / 01 December 2014)