P2.1M to fight porn, piracy

The Movie and Television Review Classification Board has asked senators for P2.1 million to sustain its fight against pirated and pornographic films.

MTRCB Chairperson Grace Poe-Llamanzares said the agency wants to post stickers inside 35,000 public utility vehicles in Metro Manila warning against the exhibition of pirated and obscene films onboard.

Each sticker costs P60, she said.

Poe-Llamanzares said the MTRCB already forged a joint monitoring agreement with bus companies.

“The bus companies are aware of this already because the implementation began in June. The advisory would be for the passenger. The sticker would carry a number the passenger can call to alert authorities about offending buses,” she told the Inquirer.