Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board (Caib)

[U.S. of America]

The Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board (Caib) destroyed 6,750 pornographic DVDs worth P300,000 at City Hall.

Caib chairperson Dr. Lucille Mercado said the DVDs were seized in a raid last Thursday at the old Vision Theatre in the city's downtown area.

Mercado said the raid should serve as a warning to all transient vendors that the City Government is serious in freeing the city of obscene materials.

”We hope this will penetrate their brains that the City Government is serious in cleaning up the streets of pornographic videos because it is very rampant and spread very openly,” she said.

Mercado said she seeks to penalize stallholders and owners selling pornographic videos. This will include vendors without business permits.

“We will fine them P5,000. They don’t feel it if there’s no fine,” she said.

Mercado said she will discuss the matter with the City Treasurer’s Office.

Mercado urged the public, especially adults, not to patronize smut or pornographic movies.

She said adults who are not careful might expose children to the pornographic materials.

”The people should be vigilant and they have to be the one to report to us,” she said.

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants the operations of Caib to continue, saying pornography violates decency and morality.

[chicogon]

Pornography is never good (morally speaking) but I wonder what our (Philippine) constitution says about free expression/selling pornographic, etc. Plain wondering... 

[hubag bohol]

Mercado urged the public, especially adults, not to patronize smut or pornographic movies.

Minors are not especially urged.