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Epektibo na ngayong araw ang pagpapatupad ng Executive Order no.2 ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte o mas kilala bilang Freedom of Information (FOI) sa sangay ng Ehekutibo. Kasunod nito, inilunsad na rin ng Malacañang ang electronic site ng FOI kung saan makikita ang mga dokumento at impormasyong kailangan o nais malaman ng publiko. Gayunman, naglabas din ng listahan ang palasyo sa 9 na exemptions o mga impormasyon at dokumento na hindi maaaring isapubliko. Kabilang dito ang […]
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has urged Congress to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. “To ensure the permanency of transparency policies, we urge Congress to pass the Freedom of Information Act,” the President said in his message to Congress when the proposed P3.002-trillion 2016 National Budget was submitted to the legislative body on Tuesday afternoon. The Department of Budget and Management submitted the proposed budget to Congress on behalf of President Aquino. […]
Signature Campaign for the FOI has already begun By: Leander Denver Garcia Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat has begun the Signature Campaign for the Freedom of Information Bill (FOI) to show the how widely the public supports this. This is to prove the arguments of the critics from Congress that the public has no interest whatsoever with the said bill. The FOI Sign-On Campaign will start in Ifugao Province and will follow in Baguio City after […]
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte announced on Monday (February 10) that the Freedom of Information bill is one of the priority bills being pushed in Congress. He promised to have it passed by the end of his term. The announcement was made in the face of the slow progress of the FOI bill in Congress. Discussion in the House of Representatives of the FOI bill has not gone past the committee level. Another priority bill for […]
