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R2KRN STATEMENT: FOI bill is dead, FOI practice lives

THE FOI Bill is dead. We put the blame squarely on President Aquino and the leadership of the House of Representatives.

R2KRN STATEMENT: Speaker’s support for FOI mere lip service

AT AROUND the time that the Senate approved the FOI bill on Third Reading in March 2014, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte boldly proclaimed: “Ang ipinangako ko talaga is during the 16th Congress. Bitayin ninyo ako kung matapos ito at hindi pa nakakapasa.”

R2KRN STATEMENT: Committee Chair, Authors and Champions Ready for Second ReadingWill the House Leadership Give Time for FOI?

TODAY, WE give way to the statement below by House Committee on Public Information Chairperson Rep. Jorge Almonte and the House FOI champions and authors. They released the statement yesterday during their briefing for the press at the House of Representatives.

R2KRN STATEMENT: House FOI Committee Report Filed!

FOI Tracker No. 3: On May 25, 2015 the House Committee on Public Information filed the Committee Report on FOI.

R2KRN STATEMENT: FOI Losing Time, High Prioritization Essential

COMMITTEE ON Public Information Chairperson Jorge T. Almonte and House FOI (Freedom of Information) champions and authors were scheduled to file the Committee Report on the FOI Bill with the Secretary General of the House of Representative last Wedneday, May 20, at 3:30 pm. However, at around 2:00 pm,...

R2KRN STATEMENT: FOI Bill Well Positioned for Passage; Citizens to Track Congress Action on FOI

The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition will monitor the action of Congress on FOI in the coming days, weeks, and months.

APC to hold a forum on combating corruption and promoting competitiveness

Join the discussion, "Two sides of a coin: A Forum on Combating Corruption and Promoting Economic Competitiveness" on July 16, 2014, from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, at the Bahia Rooftop, 14/F Intercontinental Hotel, Makati City. Organzied by the Asian Institute of Management and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, in collaboration with EU-Asia Economic...

FOI advocates to admin: Speed up FOI bill passage

Freedom of information (FOI) advocates are asking President Benigno Aquino III and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to prioritize the bill and pass it within the year. In a Town Hall July 14 meeting and sign-on activity organized by the Right to Know Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) at the University of...

Advocates launch online petition to pass FOI bill

Members of the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) launched an online signature campaign addressed to the Aquino administration to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. The campaign began on May 14 and will end a week before the President’s State of the Nation Address in July...

FOI Advocates Light Up for FOI, Demand Action by House of Representatives

STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION WE ARE members of the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition, a network of more than 150 organizations from various sectors that have long been campaigning for the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Together with concerned groups and...