> GLOBAL network of freelancers, PRIMARILY in the Philippines
Would mean: freelancers from all over the world, but most of them in the Philippines.
While
> an army of freelancers in the Philippines
Would mean: freelancers from the Philippines, and only in the Philippines.
At least that's my view as a non-native speaker, so maybe worth about 2 cents.
> GLOBAL network of freelancers, PRIMARILY in the Philippines
Would mean: freelancers from all over the world, but most of them in the Philippines.
While
> an army of freelancers in the Philippines
Would mean: freelancers from the Philippines, and only in the Philippines.
At least that's my view as a non-native speaker, so maybe worth about 2 cents.