Human rights, press freedom, and the FOI bill

By Luis V. Teodoro

THE FREEDOM of Information bill filed by the Right to Know. Right Now! (R2KRN) Coalition is likely to pass the Senate, if experience during the 14th and 15th Congress is any gauge. The version filed by then Congressman Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III passed the Senate in both Congresses with hardly any amendments.  But it failed to pass the House of Representatives in 2010 and early 2013.