Members of the Movie and Television Industry Tripartite Council representing the government, the employees’ sector and the employers’ sector join senior officials of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) following the oath-taking ceremony for the newly minted council at the DoLE Central Office on Aug. 5, 2024, led by DoLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (5th from left), Undersecretaries Benjo Santos Benavidez, Felipe Egargo and Carmela Torres; and Assistant Secretaries Amuerfina Reyes, Paul Vincent Añover, Warren Miclat and Dominique Rubia-Tutay. The workers’ sector is represented by Jose Sixto ‘Dingdong’ Dantes of the League of Filipino Actors (6th from left), Manuel Morfe of the Production Designers Guild of the Philippines, Mark Meily of the Directors Guild of the Philippines, Hero Clarence Bautista of the Katipunan ng mga Artista ng mga Pelikulang Pilipino at Telebisyon, Ma. Anna Asuncion-Dagñalan of the Filipino Screenwriters’ Guild, Mara Paulina Marasigan of the Guild of Assistant Directors and Script Supervisors, Marc Frederick Marquez Galvez of Lupon ng mga Pilipinong Sinematograpo and Rez Cortez of the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation. The employers’ sector are represented by Ginez Sarangaya of ABS-CBN Film Productions, lawyer Ma.Luz Delfin of GMA Network, Nancy Motil of TV5, lawyer Catriona Rhiannon Maniego of Viva Communications, Percival Intalan of Philippine Motion Pictures Producers Association, Jaime Baltazar of CMB Film Crew, lawyer Josabeth Alonzo of Quantum Films, and Danica Pabalan-Lumbao of Advanced Media Broadcasting System. From the government are representatives from the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, Film Development Council of the Philippines, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority. DOLE PHOTO
