200 Pinoys, firms in 'Paradise Papers'
by Malou Mangahas and Karol Ilagan
WHAT DO some bankers and fund managers, a few senior government officials, a dozen top taxpayers, and a handful of companies located in the country have in common? They are among some 200 Filipinos, Philippine residents, and corporations that own or are linked to offshore accounts in tax havens across the world, according to the […]
The media and the Duterte presidency
by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility,
the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and
the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
THE PRESS in the Philippines has been described to be among the freest in Asia if not in the world, robust, almost rambunctious in its practice. But in the first 16 months of the Duterte administration, its status and practice have been diminished, shaken down by supporters and trolls of the President who would not […]
by Malou Mangahas
NO, JUANA, there has not been any big change in tactics in the government’s war against drugs just yet.By all indications, as well as the statements of President Rodrigo R. Duterte himself and his senior advisers, the supposed revert to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the “sole agency” assigned to the drug war […]
by Steffi Sanchez, Data Team, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
WILL THE NATION see the return of a virulent war on drugs? Nine days after he issued a memorandum placing the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the “sole agency” in charge of the drug war, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said at a forum of overseas Filipino workers last Oct. 19: “You have been downgrading […]
THE DATA PRIVACY ACT “is not meant to serve as a subterfuge to prevent the processing and/or disclosure of personal information sanctioned under law.”This, according to Chairman Raymund E. Liboro of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) is a core principle that should inform the discourse on the right to information of citizens to get true […]
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| Posted Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
Can 'privacy' trump transparency?
by Malou Mangahas
A CHIEF JUSTICE was impeached in 2012 for failure to declare the true and detailed list of condo units he owned, and pesos and dollars he had in banks.Ten years prior, a President was forced out of the Palace for collecting millions in kickbacks and commissions from state contracts and excise taxes, as well as […]
by Vino Lucero
MORE THAN a year after President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed the Freedom of Information executive order, a practice completely reverse of the policy has been creeping onto some documents requested by the public. The likely tool for the unexpected move: a black marker.Redactions on items declared by Cabinet officials in their Statements of Assets, Liabilities, […]
by Malou Mangahas
TO REDACT or not to redact. Which could avoid or attract scrutiny and censure?Redactions are not the only issue that could arise if public officials would shade or black out the true, detailed, and complete facts of their wealth.Big and small discrepancies in the content of SALNs they have filed across periods of time could […]
by The PCIJ Data Team
THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN, or Republic Act No. 9710, passed into law on August 14, 2009, or over eight years ago. It affirmed the role of women in nation-building, assured the “substantive equality” of women and men, and declared as state policies the empowerment of women, providing them equal access to resources and development […]
by Steffi Mari Sanchez and John Reiner Antiquerra
“ANG TINATAWAG na ‘mga wika ng Filipinas’ ay ang iba’t ibang wikang katutubo na sinasalita sa buong kapuluan. Hindi tiyak ang bilang ng mga ito, ngunit may nagsasabing 86 at may nagsasabing 170. Itinuturing ang bawat isa na wika (language sa Ingles) dahil hindi magkakaintindihan ang dalawang tagapagsalita nitó na may magkaibang katutubong wika…” ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— […]
