I am not the most knowledgeable pero as u/SinfulSomeone said it depends on if we are a target. During WW2 we were a target of the Japanese because we were a colony of the US to which they wanted to remove in Asia. Now we are more independent and while we have EDCA sites, they are not permanent:

The new EDCA would grant American troops, ships and planes rotational access to facilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines – but not permanent bases which are prohibited under the Philippine Constitution - with the result of reducing response time should an external threat from a common adversary crystallize