Tag: Freedom of Information (FOI)

9 exceptions remain as FOI takes effect on Friday

(Eagle News)– The exceptions to President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order (EO) 2 ratifying freedom of information (FOI) in the executive branch has slimmed down from 166 to nine as it takes effect on Friday. “We adapted the best practices of other countries which categorized and grouped several exceptions into major categories…The Philippines under EO 2 will have nine exceptions,” Assistant Secretary Kristian Ablan of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a press conference Thursday […]

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Andanar: Task Force to review past cases of Media Killings

MANILA, Philippines — Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Sunday said the Task Force on Media Killings will recommend to the President that past cases should be reviewed. “You know what they say, justice denied is certainly injustice,” he said, adding that “it’s about time, I believe the current Secretary of Justice would also agree, that we should hasten all of the past cases and give justice to those families who have been […]

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