It’s a mistake for ordinary Filipinos to go about their lives in complacency, thinking that the country’s problems with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) does not affect them at all. This was according to fisherfolk leader and Ramon Magsaysay Award (RMA) recipient Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon in an interview with The STAR on board the MV Kapitan Felix Oca en route to Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea carrying volunteers from the Atin Ito coalition.

Punongbayan, M., & Ong, G. (2025, May 29). Pinoys can’t be complacent on West Philippine Sea issue – RM awardee. The Philippine Star, p. 3.