MANILA, Philippines – Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) chairperson Lala Sotto explained that Filipino films Alipato at Muog and Dear Satan were given X ratings because they were “violative of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1986.”
PD 1986, signed in 1985 by then-President Ferdinand E. Marcos, father of the current Philippine president, created the MTRCB. It states that the MTRCB board may disapprove a film for public viewing on several grounds.
During the Tuesday...