Atin Ito volunteers board M/V Kapitan Felix Oca to prep for 3rd WPS civilian mission
The M/V Kapitan Felix Oca docks in Manila prior to sailing to El Nido, Palawan on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Atin Ito Coalition
Volunteers from the Atin Ito Coalition have boarded on Sunday the vessel that would sail to the West Philippine Sea for a third civilian mission.
The volunteers embarked the M/V Kapitan Felix Oca, which was set to depart Manila at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 25, for El Nido, Palawan.
A pre-departure musical event will be held in El Nido on Monday, and from there, the ship will proceed to the general vicinity of Pag-asa Island on Tuesday for a sea concert calling for peace and solidarity.
Volunteers have been setting up the concert stage and preparing materials for participants on M/V Kapitan Felix Oca.
Among the performers expected to participate in the third Atin Ito civilian mission are Ebe Dancel, all-women rock band Rouge, rap collective Morobeats, and P-pop group HORI7ON, Japanese artist Fumi, Indonesian and Malaysian musicians Viona and Kai Mata, as well as South Korean K-pop girl group I:Mond.
Aside from musicians, the third Atin Ito civilian mission will also include artists, fisherfolk, and civil society leaders from the Philippines and neighboring countries to promote peace, dialogue, and cultural exchange.
'We aim to uplift coastal communities by amplifying the lived experiences and aspirations of our fisherfolk, and to foster regional harmony through shared cultural and maritime narratives. We will sail not with warships, but with songs; not with hostility, but with harmony and solidarity,' Atin Ito convenor Rafaela David said.
To recall, the Philippine government sued China before an international arbitral tribunal in The Hague in 2013. It ruled in favor of the Philippines in July 2016 when it junked China's nine-dash claim over the South China Sea.
China, however, rejected the Philippines' call to comply with the 2016 arbitration ruling, calling the decision 'illegal and invalid.' —KG, GMA Integrated News
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