Since the appointment of Ronnie Ricketts as Chairman of the Optical Media Board in October, 2009, he has earned commendations from several film and non-film people and that is because he has been very effective and faithful in the discharge of his duties. During the Manila Film Festival Philippines 2009 he received accolades from the Film Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) President Angelo Eloy Padua and several colleagues in the movie industry for having prevented piracy of the MMFF entries.
This year, Chairman Ricketts has lined up several anti-film piracy awareness activities. Among them the now much-awaited by several NCR universities, the All-Star Basketball series in which Ronnie along with his OMB team of movie stars will play friendly matches with teams from De La Salle, Adamson U, Emilio Aguinaldo, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, and even teams from places outside the Metro with All-Star games in Ilocos and La Union as well as an All-Star friendship game with the U.S. Embassy Champions at the Arellano University with U.S. Ambassador Thomas at the VIP area.
The OMB under Chairman Ricketts also donated tower burners to Carlos Albert School and Manuel A. Roxas High School and has been visible in the Launch of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team on March 18, in the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Anti-Book Piracy at the Makati Cinema Square on May 26, at the U.S. Memorial Day Ceremony at the American Cemetery, Taguig City on May 30 and the 3rd Kawani ng Gobyerno National Sports Cup on June 1 all for the sake of raising awareness on Anti-Film and all other forms of piracy.
The Optical Media Board conducted multiple raids in different areas around the metro on June 4. They raided Makati Cinema Square, Alphaland Guadalupe, Ruins in Paranaque, and Muntinlupa. The Philippine National Police assisted the agency in the raids. The agency would like to commend Makati Chief of Police Col. Bonifacio, Paranaque Chief of Police Col. Valdez, and Muntinlupa Chief of Police Col. Sapitula for a very successful partnership to stop piracy in our country.
Following several raids in Metro Manila and several provincial operations which include joint OMB/law-enforcement operations in Baguio City, a Veterans center warehouse in Taguig City, a printing machine in Quirino Highway, Baesa Q.C., the Quiapo Palanca warehouse operation in May, and the June operations, a ceremonial destruction of counterfeit and pirated products was done jointly by the PNP, the NBI, the OMB headed by Chairman Ricketts and the Intellectual Property Office during the 12th Anniversary of the IPO at the PNP grounds, Camp Crame, Quezon City on June 23.
With the ever low-key but strong-willed Chairman Ronnie Ricketts at the helm of the OMB, many famous film industry, concerned individuals and groups, as well as political, personalities such as former President Fidel V. Ramos and wife Ming, Senator Bong Revilla, Senator Miguel Zubiri, Senator Manuel ‘Lito’ M. Lapid, Jennifer Niedhart of the U.S. Embassy Economic Section, the Motion Picture Anti-Film Piracy Council, Inc. headed by Leonard Monteverde, the Film Academy of the Philippines headed by Leo G. Martinez, Philippine Motion Picture Producers Association headed by Orlando Ilacad, Movie Producers Distributors Association of the Philippines headed by Wilson Tieng, National Cinema Association of the Philippines headed by Roesholm D. Camaligan, Association of Video Distributors of the Philippines headed by Ed Sazon, and Director General Ricardo Blancaflor of the Intellectual Property Office, and Philippine Association of Recording Industry headed by Ramon Chuaying are among those who have voiced full support behind Ricketts’ continued stay at the Optical Media Board.
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