Run for your rights!

All set for Freedom of Information run on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014!

By Cong B. Corrales

Ready, set, and go for our right to know.

Get your running shoes ready for “Tanglaw Run for Freedom of Information” next Saturday, October 4, at the Quirino Granstand in Manila City.

The run begins at 5 o’clock in the morning so stretch and limber up early. The name “tanglaw” symbolizes the contribution of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) community in giving light to pressing social concerns. This year, the run focuses on a strategic governance and reform measure that has drawn broad and strong public support — the people’s right to know.

The fun run, an annual advocacy project of the Federation of Alumni Associations in PUP, Inc. (FEDAAPI), will be held next week coordination with Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition. It will banner the issue of the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill.

To register click the photo below.

THIS BIB is yours if you join the fun run

You may also check out the event’s Facebook page.

The fun run is open to all “Iskolar ng Bayan,” faculty members, employees and PUP alumni from all other state universities and colleges (SUCs), as well as all groups and organizations that support the People’s Freedom of Information Bill.

“FEDAAPI believes that with the rampant graft and corruption in our country the FOI would immensely aid our government in providing greater transparency with its transactions, especially concerning government funds,” said Reynaldo de Guzman, FEDAAPI board member and “Tanglaw Run 2014” chairman.

As well, Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition co-convenor Nepomuceno Malaluan has enjoined the coalition’s 160 member-organizations and freedom of information advocates across the country to participate in Tanglaw Run 2014.

The 5K advocacy run for FOI is expected to draw 30,000 runners who will take part in the simultaneous run at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila and in nine Luzon provinces where 16 of the 22 branches and campuses of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines are located.

THE FUN RUN shirts

Aside from the fun run, the event aims to generate more than 30,000 signatures in support of the FOI bill. The proceeds from the event will be used for the FEDAAPI Scholarship Fund and other alumni-related projects of the PUP—the largest and first polytechnic university in the Philippines.

Registration fee for students is pegged at P250, and for faculty members, alumni, and guests, at P350. Runners who will pay the fee will get a Tanglaw Run 2014 jersey, singlet, race bib, and an R2KRN baller.

FEES: Students: Php 250. Alumni/ Faculty/ Others: Php 350.

PAYMENT PROCEDURES:

For Cash Payment: 2014 Tanglaw Run Secretariat, PUP Tahanan ng Alumni Building Mabini Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila

For Check Payment: Any BDO Branch Account Name: Federation of Alumni Associations in PUP, Inc. Account Number: 000300978979

For inquiries, please contact Ms. Maureen Paz (02) 3544841.