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ANTIPOLO CITY

Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
After the Philippines declared independence for the second time (the first was on
June 12, 1898, against the Spanish regime) on July 4, 1946 (after U.S. colonization), our
lawmakers enacted Republic Act No. 3060, creating the Board of Censors for Motion
Pictures (BCMP), which had a hold on television programs as well.
In 1965, Ferdinand Marcos was elected president. Gradually he altered and strengthened
the powers of the censorship board on his way to declaring Martial Law on September 21,
1972.
Escalating the power of the censors coincided with Marcos's desire to monitor and
restrict films, shows, and even theater performances that carried socio-political themes
attacking his administration. He replaced the BCMP with the Board of Review for Motion
Pictures and Television (BRMPT).
On October 5, 1985, Marcos abolished the BRMPT and formed the Movie and
Television Regulation and Classification Board (MTRCB), fully establishing the scope and
jurisdiction of censorship in the country.
According to the MTRCB preamble, the organization was formed around the need to
introduce "innovative and fresh ideas toward the improvement and development of the film
and television industry," and to "improve, upgrade and make viable the industry as one
source of fueling the national economy."

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But it mentions nothing about "setting standards for cultural refinement of the
movies and television." Nor does it give the board the responsibility "to keep society's
moral balance."
Throughout the history of MTRCB, its critics have noted that the standards and
qualifications for its rulings depend on the personality, character and moral stance of
whoever is the incumbent chairperson.
MTRCB uses a mandate system. The system is accountable for the necessary
information cases received from clients and issued to lawyers through the direct authorities
of chief supervisor and supreme chief.
The system analyst decided to make a Corporate Monitoring Information System
for the company. The system will make the work easier and less time consuming. By
having our system it will be easier for them to manage their files.

Organization Background
The Movie and Television and Classification Board have a quasi judicial function
which currently uses a mandate system and is paper-based and computer-assisted in most
of its processes. The process starts at client giving confidential information to legal
division office, through its authorized personnel.
This officer of legal division office will give the case to supervisor which in turn,
the supervisor will give the cases to lawyers for edit and review using computer-assisted
tools. When approved by the supervisor, the supervisor will submit the case to the director.

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If the director approved the case, he will give the documents through his assistant to its
supervisor and allow the assistant to record it for statistical purposes.
Business Activities
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (Lupon sa Pagrerepaso
at Pag-uuri ng Sine at Telebisyon; abbreviated as MTRCB) is a Philippine government
agency responsible for the classification and review of television programs, movies and
home videos.
Unlike other organizations worldwide, the Board does not rate video games. Thus,
the ESRB system used in the United States is the de facto rating system used in the
Philippines, although there have been attempts at formulating an independent local rating
system. Certain video game vendors ask for a valid ID or any other verification to be able
to buy M- and AO-rated games. The Board also does not rate literature.

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Vision, Mission and Objectives of the organization

Mission
To the Public
The MTRCB, as a regulatory Board, aims to afford the public exemplary
exhibitions of movie and television with the purpose of encouraging production of
globally-competitive movies/exhibitions, which should be both entertaining and artistic, in
order to raise the standard of art for the general public.
The Industry
The MTRCB, as a partner in bringing about progress at the Movie and Television
Industry, strives to provide the industry opportunities for improvement by implementing
regulations and guidelines acceptable to parties concerned thereby maintaining a
wholesome atmosphere of partnership.
To its Workplace
The MTRCB, as an employer/government agency, seeks to further uplift the
standard of service of its employees by providing continuous support for the enhancement
of their knowledge and development of their skills through seminars, workshops,
scholarships and reward systems as provided by law. Such service must be coupled with
dedication and integrity with the workforce inspired by the spirit of belongingness in the
workplace.

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Vision
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board envisions to be of
service to the Filipino public as a Movie and Television regulatory board, not only
confined in review and classification but as a prime catalyst of change by helping the
Movie and Television industry become globally competitive. The agency recognizes TV
and Movie Media as indispensable tools for moral recovery and nation-building.

Objectives

Prompt, responsive and committed service-oriented workforce;

Maximize potential as catalyst for economic progress and professional growth;

Provide access through the world-wide web;

Be a vehicle for quality entertainment for a well-oriented and more educated

citizenry.

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Organizational Chart

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Statement of the Problem

General

MTRCB is currently paper-based or computer-assisted in most of its processes and

procedures.
Specific

Cases are difficult to monitor their whereabouts thereby causing delay to the
resolution of the cases.

Paper documents are usually lost or misplaced during routing of the documents.

Records are stored in paper that entails bulky physical storage areas.

No real time availability of statistical reports for decision making of lawyers and
administrators.

Objectives of the Study

General Objective

Implementation of customized computer-based system, that will allow more

flexibility in prioritizing workflow processes.
Specific Objective

Computer based receipt/processing and delivery of documents.

Computer based workflow system.

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Scanned images of documents.

Database stored and driven.

Significance of the Study

.Contributes to the efficiency and productivity of government operations esp. in the

area of legal services to government-owned corporations.

Promotes good governance thereby minimizing corruption

Easy and fast monitoring of status of legal cases

Facilitates the decision making of OGCC administrators, in general, and lawyers in

particular.
Scope and Delimitation
General

The group decided to focus only on specific areas of the OGCC processes due to
time constraint.
Specific

Receipt/recording of legal cases / requests for legal services (Existing)

Scanning & imaging of paper documents (Proposed)

Routing of legal documents for approval (Existing)

Dispatch of legal outputs (Existing)

Generation

of

Statistics/Summary

demand/daily/weekly/monthly/annually

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of

legal

cases

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Administration of the entire IS (Proposed)

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