July 31, 2014 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Journalist Killings, Maguindanao Massacre, Media, Videocasts
PRIVATE PROSECUTORS involved in the Ampatuan massacre case are protesting a decision by the Justice Department to end the presentation of evidence in the multiple murder case, warning that this was premature and driven by political...
July 28, 2014 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, SONA, Videocasts
PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III delivered his fifth and penultimate State of the Nation Address Monday amid moves to impeach him for his administration's controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), portions of which were declared...
July 17, 2014 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Environment Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Image Galleries, The Economy, Videocasts
by Julius D. Mariveles
THE WORLD is already eating way beyond its means, yet those who produce the food barely have enough to eat.
This dual layer of ironies was highlighted during the Responsible Business Forum on Food and Agriculture in Manila...
July 7, 2014 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Image Galleries, Videocasts, Youth and Education
They came, they had fun, they had selfies. Over the weekend, however, concerned members of the country's youth came together to take a serious position that had nothing to do with having their best angles to the camera.
Participants in the First...
LEAVE IT to the youth to produce a catchy and easy-to-understand primer on the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, that controversial measure whose importance some government officials apparently still can not or will not comprehend.
The 7-minute video...
TOWN HALL meets are supposed to be somewhat informal affairs, but few have seen a town hall meeting as lively, engaged, and well-represented as Tuesday's Freedom of Information (FOI) Town Hall Meeting at the University of the Philippines Bahay ng...
CIVIL SOCIETY and government leaders who took part in Tuesday's Freedom of Information (FOI) Town Hall meeting and petition sign-up asked President Benigno S. Aquino III and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. for concrete and tangible proof that the FOI...
