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Mayors, AdBoard meet on billboards

- Mike Frialde, Helen Flores -

MANILA, Philippines - Metro Manila mayors will meet with members of the advertising industry to discuss measures to strengthen billboard regulations and stop the proliferation of sexy advertisements.

“We are set to meet AdBoard (Advertising Board of the Philippines) to discuss this content issue. All mayors agree that the contents should be regulated,” Valenzuela Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian said at the weekly Kapihan sa Diamond Hotel forum.

 AdBoard legal counsel Rejie Jularbal admitted their group cannot regulate the content of all billboard advertisements as some of the billboards’ owners are not members of the Outdoor Advertising of the Philippines (OAAP).

Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is set to release a guideline governing the content of billboards installed along the major roads of Metro Manila, particularly EDSA.

MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the new guideline will be a revised version of a 2004 MMDA regulation that specifically prohibits billboards showing underwear, tobacco and liquor advertisements. Tolentino said the regulation, although still existing, was never implemented by the previous MMDA administrations.                       

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ADVERTISING BOARD OF THE PHILIPPINES

CHAIRMAN FRANCIS TOLENTINO

DIAMOND HOTEL

KAPIHAN

METRO MANILA

METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING OF THE PHILIPPINES

REJIE JULARBAL

TOLENTINO

VALENZUELA MAYOR SHERWIN GATCHALIAN

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