article_snippet: re-ignited long-simmering anti-US sentiment in the Philippines, a former American colony that still allows a significant American military presence via joint training exercises.
article_snippet: Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
article_snippet: Legal rules on the treatment of erring servicemen are laid .
article_snippet: out in the 1998 pact signed by Manila and Washington to allow .
article_snippet: US forces to hold military drills in the Philippines to test .
article_snippet: the readiness of the allies.