4:30 p.m. It was all over in a matter of seconds. Speaker Prospero Nograles ignored calls from fellow congressmen on the floor for him to allow the ratification of the pending Freedom of Information Act this afternoon, suspending the session just...

Senators have passed a resolution asking the House of Representatives to ratify the Freedom of Information Act that was left hanging when the chamber adjourned for the campaign season in February. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said the senators...

Our latest  report looks at how in India -- one of the world's success stories of popular movements campaigning for Freedom of Information --  a law enforcing and protecting the people's right to information has enabled the people's exercise of their...

The Makati Business Club on Thursday pushed for the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, which it described “as destined to be one of the essential pillars of Philippine democracy.” In a statement, the MBC said that the passage of the act...

The party-list system was conceptualized as a way of giving the marginalized a voice in Congress. Yet in the three-month campaign period, the public has seen party-list groups splurging tens of millions of pesos in television advertisements just to bag a...

President-apparent Benigno Aquino III says he is also pushing for the passage of the Freedom of Information Act, a landmark piece of legislation that would lift the cloud of secrecy that hangs over many government deals and transactions. The act, which...

Our latest report by Che delos Reyes looks at how money, even by the billions of pesos, could spell either victory or defeat to various candidates for national positions. The top ad spender among the presidential candidates has already conceded, and...