ROXAS City – The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) will be reaching out to the people of Capiz through a series of forums in schools.
The activity aims to raise public awareness on the revised classification rating of MTRCB for movies and television as well as inform the public on the mandate of the agency under Presidential Decree 1986.
The forum, dubbed “Para sa Matalinong Panonood ng Pamilya Nina Juan at Juana,” will be led by MTRCB Executive Director Victoriano Muring Jr.
College students, including faculty members of Colegio dela Purisima Concepcion, will be attending the forum this morning while elementary, high school, and college students as well as the teachers of Filamer Christian University will be having the same in the afternoon, said MTRCB Administrative Assistant Jesusa Lorenzo.
The same activity will likewise be conducted tomorrow in Mambusao town, particularly at the Capiz State University-Mambusao campus.
The discussions will highlight the overview and objectives of the fora, composition and scope of authority, including the powers and functions of the Board, revised classification for films, classification ratings for trailers, plugs and publicity materials and Memorandum of Agreement with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), including the other notable achievements of the MTRCB.
Aside from Muring, newly-appointed MTRCB Chairperson Eugenio H. Villareal, Board members Jackie Aquino, Jose Antonio Veloso, Francia Conrado, Mario Hernando, Bobby Andrews and Jay Revestir will also be here for said activity.
Part of the advocacy campaign is the display of tarpaulins in the bus terminals in Roxas City and Mambusao town.
Lorenzo said the MTRCB’s information, education and communication campaign in Capiz is part of the agency’s grassroots advocacy campaign that targets students from the different academic institutions in the entire country.
