FOI Archives

Exposing Redacted SALNs: Perverting a Tool of Transparency

IN BUILDING up a case to establish a government’s ill-gotten wealth, investigators inevitably turn to the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) because it is designed... Read more

Press Solidarity: Responding to Restrictive Policies and Reclaiming Access to Vital Police Information

THE DUTERTE regime has systematically taken steps to weaken the press, destroy its credibility and erode its capacity to report and to provide citizens with the information they... Read more

Country Reports on Press Freedom in Southeast Asia Released

IN LINE with the World Press Freedom Day celebrated every third of May, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) has released press freedom reports from Southeast Asian countries,... Read more

Duterte and the Media: On the Rocks (Updated)

A YEAR into his presidency, Rodrigo Duterte’s speeches remain peppered with expletives and tirades, the most controversial of which have been directed at respected institutions: the church, international human... Read more

Information Access: On Paper but Not in Practice

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for reporting the failure of some government agencies to respond to its requests for information on the conduct of... Read more

Jokowi Bests Duterte: A Most Critical Period for Media in Southeast Asia

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus It cannot be helped. Our regional engagement is enhanced by the quality of our leaders. In the past decades, I have met with our... Read more

FOI EO: Erroneous and Confusing

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its erroneous and confusing story that said the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill has been signed into law. The Bulletin’s front-page report... Read more

What Now with this FOI-EO?

NOT TO rain on anyone’s parade and, clearly, with no intention to bash initiatives to support freedom of information in government – the media and advocates would be remiss... Read more

Duterte’s Proposed EO on FOI: Not Very Well-Informed

THE PHILIPPINE press has been promoting the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) act for years, the idea being that if there’s a law that would ensure... Read more

PCIJ, Ombudsman to Hold Philippine Data Summit

The Office of the Ombudsman and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) will hold the “Philippine Data Summit: Open Data We Want, Open Data We Need, Open Up Government”... Read more

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