Various groups protested before the US embassy on April 11 to condemn the “trilateral summit” between the Philippines, Japan and the US held in Washington D.C. The groups know that this meeting was part of the US plan to expand its presence in the first-island chain under the guise of “security” and “freedom” in the South China Sea.

In the US, protests by Filipino-American groups greeted Marcos and the trilateral summit on April 11 and 12. They denounced the role of the US in funding and military support to the Marcos regime.

On April 9, various organizations marched to the Chinese consulate in Makati City to condemn China’s continuous harassment of Filipino fishermen and ships and its seizure of territory in the West Philippine Sea. The groups called on China, as well as the US, to stop militarizing the WPS.