July 29, 2011 · Posted in: Access to Information
It seems fair for citizens to expect that in Metro Manila, more than anywhere else in the Philippines, the people’s right to know and to access official information and documents would be respected. But that could well be plain wishful thinking for...
July 27, 2011 · Posted in: General
As part of the ongoing debate over the long-delayed Freedom of Information Act (FOI), the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility is holding on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, a policy forum on the FOI. Among the invited speakers are...
July 26, 2011 · Posted in: General
While applause thundered from the gallery as President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered his second State of the Nation Address on July 25, 2011, militant groups let go their own thunder from Commonwealth Avenue several kilometers away from the Batasan...
July 25, 2011 · Posted in: General
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino is taking fashion statements to the next level with yet another specially-themed Barong Tagalog for President Benigno Aquino III's second State of the Nation Address. This year, Casino will be wearing a Barong Tagalog...
July 19, 2011 · Posted in: General
More than 150 media and civil society groups banded together Tuesday, July 19 2011, to launch the Bantay FOI campaign to push for the immediate passage of the long-delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. With the slogan "Kung Walang FOI, Dadami...
July 6, 2011 · Posted in: Noynoy Watch
by Malou Mangahas WHAT, in truth, is the status of the P37-million excess campaign donations that President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III had declared in his report to the Commission on Elections. PNoy’s spokespersons have offered three versions of...
July 4, 2011 · Posted in: 2010 Elections, Noynoy Watch
President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III demonstrated unitary, exemplary conduct by filing his election expense reports within the first deadline of June 9, 2010, or a month after the May 10, 2010 elections. Even better, in the Statement of Election...
