We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic BAM goes the Freedom of Information bill! BATTERY, ASSAULT, and MURDER – this was what happened to the FOI bill today (Nov. 13) at the hearing of the Committee on Public Information of the House of Representatives. Non-Passage of the FOI Bill in the 15th Congress is Not Acceptable A little over three months ago, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. uttered these words to summon his colleagues in the House of Representatives to work harder and faster on bills pending in the chamber, not least of them the FOI (Freedom of Information) bill. This clarion call may well... Why we need an FOI Act IN 2008, I wrote about PCIJ’s experience in accessing documents on projects funded with official development assistance. I was just in my second month on the job at the time, and hearing stories from senior colleagues about the ways in which public offices dealt with requests for information made... Push, Pass the FOI Act Now! The media and other groups in the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition that has been campaigning for a Freedom of Information Act have declared Aug. 15 as Freedom of Information Day in the Philippines. The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility joins media groups in calling for... Attacking press freedom while “enhancing” it CERTIFIED by President Benigno Aquino III as a priority bill last January, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act will be among those discussed by the House of Representatives when Congress re-convenes on May 7, or, significantly enough, four days after Press Freedom Day is celebrated all over the world. Coalition Welcomes People’s Gains in FOI 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 of Information (FOI) law and the release of the executive’s final proposed bill. On the latest version of Palace FOI billImprovements noted On Feb. 2, 2012—Malacañang has for the first time forwarded a draft Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to the House of Representatives for discussion and possible enactment. It has been 19 years since the first FOI bill was filed in the House of Representatives. Advocates had expected President Benigno S.... PCIJ Training on SALN PCIJ will conduct another briefing on January 27. Go to http://pcij.org/blog/2012/01/13/do-the-saln-salsa-with-pcij to know more. Asian Media Barometer: The Philippines 2011Excess of freedom, impunity; Deficit of ethics, self-criticism The Philippine media community, one of the freest and most rambunctious in all of Asia, is an incredible, hopefully not incorrigible, story of dissonant currents and practices. Aquino “double talk” on FOI By Fernando R. Cabigao Jr. President Benigno S. Aquino III lacks the political will to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, the coalition of freedom of information advocates said in a September press statement. “More than 14 months into his term, President Aquino has not mustered the political... « Previous1234Next »
