"Foi" Blogs & Blog Posts

Politicians and their Conscience In times like these consult your politicians. Surprisingly, they would present the best solutions to our societal snags and suggests in a simplest way how to carry out these proposals once they are elected. How clever...

FOI: Waiting for the Hail Mary Pass By Walden Bello Philippine Daily Inquirer January 25, 2013 While the Senate has passed the Freedom of Information Bill (before its members descended into a deadly knife-fight), the House of Representatives still ha...

Bayan’s Ted Cansino recently withdrew authorship of the FOI bill. The party list reps withdrew support after realizing the Orwellian twist that came with the amendments to the legislation. The authors’intention is to make government infor...

Advocates urge lawmakers to pass FOI bill before 15th Congress ends by Gian C. Geronimo, GMA News January 19, 2013 With just only nine session days left for the 15th Congress before going on break for the campaign period, champions of the Freedom of...

JOINT EDITORIAL | Take a stand, don’t cop out on FOI By NUJP, KBP, PPI, PCIJ, CMFR January 21, 2013 The following is a joint editorial released by the the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng...

FOI: A Bill that Unites 18 January 2013 JUST as it happened in the 14th Congress, the Senate of the 15th Congress has delivered yet again and passed on third and final reading the long-awaited Freedom of Information Act. And just as it happened in th...

Dear Friends, Let us join the rally/demonstration via email for the immediate passage of the FOI Bill and let our elected officials know that we too clamor for the immediate passage of the FOI Bill. Time is of the essence as Congress has only 9 sessi...