Manila, July 10 -- A recent OCTA Research survey showed that majority (66 percent) of adult Filipinos support the Marcos administration's response to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute.

The findings from the survey, conducted April 20 to 24, were released by OCTA on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling.

Of the 1,200 respondents, 66 percent said they either strongly agree or somewhat agree, 13 percent either strongly or somewhat disagree, and 19 percent were undecided.

Results also showed that Filipinos prefer measures such as expanding naval troop presence (69 percent), pursuing diplomacy and other peaceful means (66 percent), and modernizing and strengthening the Armed Forces of the...