The urgency of having an FOI law and the Right of Reply
As part of his campaign promises, President Aquino had promised to make the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) an administration priority. A year and a...
Updates on the Freedom of Information Bill
The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition, a network of more than 100 organizations from various sectors that has long been pushing for the passage...
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...
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,...