'If I'm Having Sex...'

Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2001 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ignited a controversy when she recently banned a film depicting Manila's live sex shows. Arroyo said it was the government's role to act as the morality police and protect Philippine families. The ban prompted Nicanor Tiongson, the country's top censor, to quit in protest. His replacement is 76-year-old Alejandro Roces. A former education secretary who served under Arroyo's father, Croces is best known across the country as a humorist who can never resist telling ribald jokes. He spoke to TIME's...