Assessment of Duterte’s FOI and the next steps
I just finished reading through the statements and documents of the Right to Know, Right Now Coalition’s (R2KRN) assessment on the government’s Freedom of Information...
FOI advocates demand action by House of Representatives
Today, the world celebrates International Right to Know Day. We are members of the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition, a network of more than...
Our dream, our right: Pass the People’s FOI Act Now !
We have a dream. We dream of a Philippines where citizens are educated and healthy; where they have adequate opportunities for decent and secure jobs,...
FOI: Mag-Ingat sa Hindi Tunay
STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION 06 February 2013 ? FOI: Mag-Ingat sa Hindi Tunay TODAY, we close our people’s campaign for...
Bantay Batasan para sa FOI: Expected Attendance of House Committee on Public Information Members
via FOI Youth Initiative (FYI) Members of the FOI Youth Initiative (FYI) called the offices of the members of the House Committee on Public Information...
Double Talk on Citizen’s Rights: Abridging Freedom of Expression, Reneging on Freedom of Information
This is a report by the Institute for Freedom of Information (iFOI), a project of the Action for Economic Reforms and the Philippine Center for...
FOI advocates from 40 countries write @noynoyaquino: Rush FOI Act
(Open Letter) 19 July 2012 His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines Malacañan Palace Manila Through: Hon. Florencio B. Abad Secretary Department...
FOI advocates welcome @PresidentNoy endorsement of proposed FOI bill
The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition welcomes the recent public endorsement by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III of the passage of the Freedom...
Proposed substitute Freedom of Information bill of 2012 from @govph
This is the government’s version of the Freedom of Information bill. President Aquino announced a proposed Freedom of Information bill on February 3. The draft...
Of protests and genuine public service: Freedom of Information for 2012
If one may liken the age of the Philippine Freedom of Information bill to an old commercial, one can say that she is no longer...
Dear Mr. President: Request for meeting on the Freedom of Information Bill
(Open Letter) 02 May 2011 His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines Malacañan Palace Manila Subject: Request for meeting on the Freedom...
Access to information under PNoy : Some open spaces, many closed corners
By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism First of Two Parts (second part is here) DRIFT and confusion. Some pockets of transparency but most everywhere,...
Dear Noynoy: Let me refresh your memory on FOI & RP bills (updated)
Dear President Noynoy, Wasn’t it just last month you said that you will be presenting the Responsible Parenthood (RH) bill, together with 11 other priority...