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| LIZA DINO SEGUERRA in a past press conference |
LIZA DINO SEGUERRA, Film Devekopment Council of the Philippines Chair, wrote us to clarify the ruling on senior actors doing shootings or tapings. Here it is:
Hi kuya Mario, good morning,
Just want to address the concern na pinagbabawal daw ang seniors magtrabaho. We would like to emphasize the word "discouraged" to work on-set as specified in the interim guidelines that we released.
Discouraged means kung maaari ay pagtrabahuhin sila pero wag papuntahin sa set dahil malaki ang chance ng exposure nila sa COVID-19 virus because they are considered vulnerable workers. This is pursuant to general labor standards as well as health standards especially during this pandemic not just in our industry but with ALL industries.
It is the job of government to protect our vulnerable workers, so we are encouraging the producer/employer to create alternative work arrangements with the senior workers kung saan hindi nila kailangan magpunta sa production set at hindi affected ang kanilang salary either way.
But ultimately, with the term "discouraged" hindi po sya bawal. If the producer needs the senior workers to work on-set and worker consents then discretion na nila yun.
Basta ang government, did its due diligence of reminding the worker of the vulnerability of their condition to the virus.
Thank you very much, kuya Mario. Hope it clarifies the matter.
So it’s now clear that senior actors are not forbidden to work. It depends on the discretion of the network or film company they are working for. Ate Guy can still go back to taping “Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit”, Gloria Romero can still host “Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko” and Eddie Gutierrez can return to his ABS-CBN soap, “Make It With You”, if GMA-7 and ABS-CBN are still willing to get them.
