The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) held on Oct. 5 at the Luxent Hotel an anniversary celebration honoring three decades of empowering the Filipino family.
“The pearl represents the men and women of the MTRCB, particularly those colleagues in government who prefer to quietly toil day in and day out to make sure that a culture of Matalinong Panonood para sa Pamilya at Lipunan nina Juan at Juana becomes a reality,” said MTRCB Chairman Eugenio “Toto” Villareal.
The program was hosted by MTRCB Board Members Jackie Aquino-Gavino and Mario Hernando, with entertainment provided by cast members of the phenomenal Pinoy musical Rak of Aegis and the Sabado Boys made up of Jimmy Bondoc, Paolo Santos, and Myke Salomon.
In his message, Villareal shared, “For a humble agency like the MTRCB, there can be no more effective yet simple way to celebrate this anniversary than by chronicling for posterity the history of the MTRCB since its creation.”
Launched that evening was the 176-page commemorative book aptly titled Empowering the Filipino Family, under the supervision of Executive Editor and MTRCB Board Member Alfred “Krip” Yuson.
The top three winners of the scriptwriting contest sponsored by the Senior Citizen Committee of the MTRCB were also given due recognition during the event. Perterean Briñas and Celina Peñaflorida’s Malolos, Mabini, Malate entry won first place while Kristoffer Navarro’s Kadugo and Ronald Batallones’ Excuse Me Po scripts were awarded second and third, respectively.
Among those who extended their support to the “globally competitive MTRCB,” as Villareal puts it, were prominent and influential figures in the society composed of government officials, various TV Network bigwigs, the press, MTRCB Board Members and staff, as well as the former Chairpersons of the agency.