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CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for a story on President Benigno Aquino and his fading support for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. Read more

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. Read more

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... Read more

PJR Reports October-December 2012

The year 2012 was particularly problematic for the Philippine press, primarily because of the continuing harassment and killing of journalists. But Presidential and Congressional initiatives as well as default... Read more

Social change and the crisis of information

INFORMATION IS what the Reproductive Health (RH) and Freedom of Information (FOI) bills are all about. The first would provide women with information on their own bodies—which for too... Read more

Social change and the crisis of information

INFORMATION IS what the Reproductive Health (RH) and Freedom of Information (FOI) bills are all about. The first would provide women with information on their own bodies—which for too... Read more

The price of (limited) success

EVERY PHILIPPINE President since Marcos has been critical of the press and has demanded that it behave in a manner acceptable to government. Marcos’ main complaint, as it was... Read more

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... Read more

PNoy’s thing with the media

Yes, one isn’t quite sure yet what word it is to describe this strange weight that seems to bear down on President Benigno S. Aquino III's relationship with the... Read more

Predictably, hopelessly dead

THE FREEDOM of Information bill has been passed over again. Colleagues flocked to the hearings on it in the current congress hoping this one, unlike the previous congresses, was... Read more