Sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kanyang panghuling State of the Nation Address (SONA) noong Hulyo 26 na ang kanyang order noong 2016 kaugnay ng freedom of information ay nagbukas sa publiko ng iba’t ibang mga uri ng mga rekord at ipinag-utos ng gobyerno. Kailangan nito ng konteksto.
President Rodrigo Duterte claimed in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26 that his 2016 order on freedom of information opened up to the public various types of government records and issuances. This needs context.
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The FOI process was riddled with technicalities and vague explanations.
In several interviews in 2013, Poe said the right of reply is a form of media censorship.
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s milestone executive order on freedom of information retains Macapagal and Marcosian relics. The repealing clause of Executive Order No. 2 issued July 23 poses a few noteworthy exceptions. “SECTION 18. Repealing Clause. All orders, rules and regulations, issuances or any part thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby
By BRYAN EZRA GONZALES, MATTHEW REYSIO-CRUZ and KRIXIA ZHIENELLE SUBINGSUBING INCOMING president Rodrigo Duterte has promised to issue on his first day in office an executive order mandating Freedom of Information (FOI), the first of what appear to be several marching orders for his administration. Although an executive order would be limited only to the
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE P2.6 trillion 2015 budget submitted by Malacanang to Congress will institutionalize the practices in the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) which the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional. In the 2015 budget proposal, “savings” is now defined as portions of allocations that “have not been released or obligated” due to “discontinuance or
By JANE DASAL A signature drive was launched Wednesday to speed up the passage of a transparency bill as proponents fear too much politics might get in the way. Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat, a proponent of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, said the progress of the bill is being hampered by the dynamics at