July 19, 2013 · Posted in: Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Media, SONA
ON MONDAY, July 22, President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to the country. In it, the President is expected to give his perspective of the true state of affairs of government, the country, and its people as...
July 19, 2013 · Posted in: Access to Information, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, Local Government, Media, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch, The Internet
CALLING all journalists, netizens, and bloggers based in Metro Manila: Are you into investigative reporting? Would you like to attend a PCIJ seminar? The last of four seminars on "Political Clans, Governance, and Journalists' Safety" of the PCIJ...
July 18, 2013 · Posted in: Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance
MEMBERS OF THE Right to Know Right Now Coalition, an organization of more than 150 organizations pushing the passage of the long-delayed Freedom of Information bill, stormed the Senate yesterday to press legislators to move on the measure...
July 17, 2013 · Posted in: 2013 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Money Politics, Online Research, Paper Chase
THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS was deluged by election contribution and spending reports for the May 2013 elections, after the Commission started started enforcing campaign finance laws more strictly. But while the volume of documents received by the...
July 17, 2013 · Posted in: Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, General
MEMBERS OF THE Right to Know, Right Now Coalition troop to the Senate today, Wednesday, to file its petition for an indirect initiative for the People's FOI Bill. The petition is a counterpart to an earlier petition filed by the same group with the...
July 16, 2013 · Posted in: Access to Information, Civil Society, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, Local Government, Peace and Conflict
EVERY TWENTY SECONDS, a person is displaced or forced to leave his home somewhere in Mindanao. For the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the figure is smaller, though not necessarily less alarming - around one displaced person every two...
July 15, 2013 · Posted in: Access to Information, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, Maguindanao Massacre, Media, Peace and Conflict
MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS expressed dismay and distress over another ruling by the Quezon City court trying the Maguindanao Massacre case that they say would further delay the trial. The Quezon City Regional Trail Court Branch 22 under Judge Jocelyn...
