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 FOI in ICU: A Call for Rescue by P-Noy THE FREEDOM of Information (FOI) Bill is on the throes of death. With just six session days left before the House of Representatives adjourns for the May 2013 election campaign, one and only one miracle could save it from certain perdition -- a certification on the urgency of its immediate... POOLED EDITORIAL: Take a stand, don’t cop out on FOI IT IS the season of elections and all political parties and candidates are wont to spin a slew of promises yet again in their drive for votes. Nine-Day People’s Vigil for FOIStart FOI debate today (Jan. 21), advocates urge Belmonte, Gonzales THE BROAD coalition of Freedom of Information (FOI) advocates on Sunday urged Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II to allow the sponsorship and start plenary debates today, Monday, on the FOI bill. FOI: foiled again AS THE 15th Congress prepared to adjourn on Dec. 22 for the year-end holidays, the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill remains stalled in the legislative process. FOI Bill: Certify Urgent! THE FREEDOM of Information bill (FOI) in the Senate and in the House of Representatives has advanced despite the odds, having passed the respective committees. FOI is now at a critical juncture, which will determine its passage in this 15thCongress. 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. « Previous12345Next »
