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 Reporting year one of the Aquino administration SWEPT TO power in 2010 by a majority unprecedented in the country’s history, President Benigno Aquino III started his inaugural speech with the statement to the people that “Kayo ang boss ko. (You are my bosses)”. While that statement and his background as the son of the country’s first... Press freedom in Aquino’s first year: Unfulfilled promises and fading hopes HIS SUPPOSED commitment to free expression and a free press was part of then Sen. Benigno Aquino III’s announced platform during his campaign for the Philippine presidency. Aquino promised to support and protect the free press, stop the killing of journalists (a widow of an Ampatuan massacre victim even... Palace draft of freedom of info bill: Focus on restrictions? A scan of the initial draft of the Aquino administration’s Freedom of Information (FOI) bill reveals a focus on restricting rather than enhancing the right to information. The administration bill expands the list of information exempt from public disclosure, and through that alone already restricts the right to information. Freedom of Information Policy Forum The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility with a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy invites you to a policy forum on the Freedom of Information. RE The Aquino administration proposals for an FOI Bill The Presidential Communications Group did not directly consult the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the administration’s proposals for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. However, CMFR is a member of the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN), a network of about 150 organizations and individuals... PCIJ reports on the access to information under the Aquino administration The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) released 1 May 2011 an audit of how government agencies dealt with requests for information under the Benigno Aquino III administration. PCIJ asked 27 government agencies–including the Offices of the President and Vice President, the Office of the Ombudsman, and both houses... Warning to Media by Ruby Shaira Panela Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports Media, media advocacy and journalists’ organizations must keep a close watch on what the country’s lawmakers are doing. They may otherwise wake up one day with laws restrictive of media practice and press freedom already... Legacy or Ignominy: Will Speaker Nograles and his House ratify the Freedom of Information Bill? by The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition 4 June 2010 When the leaders of the House of Representatives want a measure passed, we have seen them find a way. But when they want a measure aborted, they simply stay away and quibble about the absence of quorum. For... « Previous1234
