Malacanang at long last unveiled today, May 3, the details of its own version of the long-delayed Freedom of Information Act, proposing a measure that includes the creation of an "Information Commission" that would serve as arbitration body for access to...

by Essen Mei Miguel PRACTICALLY a full year after expressing his steadfast support for the measure, President Benigno C. Aquino III’s apparent indecisiveness on the long-delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has now become the biggest...

Our latest report reveals a mixed picture of progress and regress in how 27 national agencies are dealing with requests for access to information and asset disclosure records of senior public officials since President Benigno Simeon C.  Aquino III came...