BUDGET and Management Secretary Florencio B. Abad and Supreme Court Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta in separate letters have reacted to recent stories published by the PCIJ regarding transparency issues in government. In a letter dated Jan. 28,...

SCRATCH six days, three more session days to go. The House of Representatives cut some slack for the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill today, Wednesday, and allowed a third sponsorship speech to be delivered by Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat. But a...

The PHILIPPINES did it again -- slipped 7 points but this time, in a global index of media freedom and freedom of information. The country’s ranking in the 2013 World Press Freedom Index dropped in rank from 140 in 2012 to 147 in the latest report...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ajyNLqnTtNc video from the CBCP website THE CATHOLIC CHURCH has called on the Aquino government to give priority to the long-pending Freedom of Information (FOI) bill that remains snarled in...

SCRATCH five days, four session days to go. Not a word was heard or spoken again about the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill at the House of Representatives today, Tuesday. The session started at past 4 p.m., was marred by intermittent suspensions,...

FINALLY, but hopefully not belatedly, the House of Representatives began tackling the long-delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) bill on the House floor, as the House leadership allowed the bill's authors to sponsor the measure in plenary on...

IN THE END, it will be a waiting game. With FOI advocates rattling the gates of Malacanang for a Presidential certification of the Freedom of Information bill as urgent, Presidential Communications Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III said the Palace can...