Negros Occidental-based labor group General Alliance of Workers Asociations (Gawa) has condemned the alleged Chinese incursion in the country's territorial waters. Its secretary general Wennie Sancho, in a statement, said this "audacious intrusion" of the Chinese fleet into the exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea is an assault on the country's democratic and republican principles of governance. Sancho said what is truly serious is the political weakness of a government that does not react to the incredible succession of events in the West Philippine Sea, as it wavers between passive indignation and mere indifference.

Nicavera, E. P. (2021, April 19). Labor condemns Chinese 'incursions' in West PH Sea. SunStar Bacolod, p. 6.