Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)

PRIB PHOTO: Jinggoy refers CHR proposed 2024 budget to plenary, reschedules MTRCB deliberations

September 19, 2023

JINGGOY REFERS CHR PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET TO PLENARY, RESCHEDULES MTRCB DELIBERATIONS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the Finance Subcommittee O hearing to deliberate on the proposed budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission (HRVVMC), amounting to P976.3 million Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Estrada moved that the budget proposal…
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MTRCB urged to seriously study calls to ban ‘Barbie’ showing in PHL over 9-dash-line segment

July 5, 2023

(BUSINESS MIRROR) More senators weighed in on the issue of banning the live-action film Barbie from cinema exhibition in the Philippines, a day after Vietnam announced a decision to ban it over a segment showing China’s controversial nine-dash-line map that other South China Sea claimants deem an excessive claim. Senators Francis Tolentino, a lawyer, and…
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Senators weigh in on 9-dash line in ‘Barbie’

July 5, 2023

(BUSINESS MIRROR) SENATORS weighed in on Tuesday on calls to ban the cinema exhibition of the movie “Barbie” for showing an image of the 9-dash line map that China has been using—amid objections by other claimants—to illustrate its claim over most of the South China Sea. Two senators, Jinggoy Estrada and Francis Tolentino, asked the Movie Television Review and Classification Board…
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Official statement on the Vietnam-banned ‘Barbie’ movie

July 4, 2023

This is not a first as there had been similar cases in the past such as the movies titled “Uncharted” and “Abominable” that have been pulled out from our cinemas because of a brief glimpse of the unilaterally declared nine-dash line of China. Kung dati ay nagawang ipa-ban ng Movie and Television Review and Classification…
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Jinggoy backs expansion of MTRCB powers

February 25, 2023

(JOURNAL NEWS) SENATOR Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada says he is one with Sen. Robin Padilla, chairperson of the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, in enhancing the capabilities of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and in helping it “keep up with the changes” in the film industry brought about by new technologies, streaming, and digital…
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PRIB PHOTO: Enhancing the capabilities of MTRCB

February 23, 2023

Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada says he is one with Sen. Robin Padilla, chairperson of the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, in enhancing the capabilities of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and in helping it keep up with the changes in the film industry brought about by new technologies, streaming, and digital…
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Jinggoy Estrada: Provide tax breaks, subsidies to revive film industry

November 9, 2022

(RAPPLER) MANILA, Philippines – Senator Jinggoy Estrada called on the government to revive the “ailing” Filipino film industry, proposing the removal of the amusement tax and the provision of subsidies for film workers. In a privilege speech on Tuesday, November 8, Estrada laid out what he described as “the abysmal state of our local film…
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Jinggoy Estrada wants tax breaks for local film industry

November 9, 2022

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines – Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday sought tax breaks for the local film industry to encourage more producers to create films and revive the “ailing” industry. In his privilege speech, Estrada pointed out that at present, producers shoulder several taxes including a 10% amusement tax, 5% distribution fee, 30% income tax, and…
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PRIB PHOTO: The Abysmal State of Local Film Industry

November 8, 2022

THE ABYSMAL STATE OF LOCAL FILM INDUSTRY: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during Tuesday’s plenary session November 8, 2022, raises the issues “plaguing the barely surviving” film industry in the country, noting that only nine local movies have been released out of 20 Filipino films reviewed by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)…
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Senators bat for more gov’t support for ailing PH film industry

November 8, 2022

(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jose ‘’Jinggoy’’ Ejercito Estrada, during Tuesday’s plenary session November 8, 2022, raised issues “plaguing the barely surviving” film industry in the country. Only nine local movies have been released out of 20 Filipino films reviewed by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) since January this year, Estrada said in…
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