The Freedom of Information Bill remained hanging in its sponsorship stage until the last session day before the House of Representatives went on recess for the campaign period for the May elections.
A few days after finally sponsoring the freedom of information (FOI) bill on the House floor, public information committee chairman Rep. Ben Evardone is waving the white flag, saying there is simply not enough time left to pass the long-pending measure.
Partylist Rep. Teodoro Casiño said President Aquino’s delivery of the keynote address in the anticorruption forum in Davos would be hollow without a real Freedom of Information (FOI) law being enacted.
Malacañang is not supporting the Freedom of Information Bill and key leaders of the House of Representatives are allegedly using the minority bloc to slow down its pace.
There’s a new reason why congressmen can’t seem to pass the freedom of information (FOI) bill.
The freedom of information (FOI) bill finally reached the plenary Monday, with public information panel chief Rep. Ben Evardone, its main sponsor on the floor, pitching for the measure’s approval in his sponsorship speech.
After failing to be sponsored on the floor of the House of Representatives for three days, the condition of the freedom of information (FOI) bill is now “terminal” and it would need a “major miracle” from President Aquino to revive it, according to the bill’s coauthor, Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr.
The much awaited introduction of the freedom of information (FOI) bill on the floor of the House of Representatives was delayed anew after a controversy over another matter—a local government measure—sparked the suspension of Tuesday’s legislative session.
The chairman of the House committee on public information urged the House leadership to call for a caucus on the Freedom of Information Bill in anticipation of intense debates on the Freedom of Information Bill.
Another challenge emerged on Monday for the freedom of information (FOI) bill, which has a narrow eight-day window to get through final reading in the House of Representatives.
With only nine session days left before Congress breaks for the election campaign period, groups demanding more transparency in government on Friday made one final push for the passage of the freedom of information (FOI) bill in the 15th Congress.
Sen. Loren Legarda, one of the cosponsors of the freedom of information (FOI) bill in the Senate, has called on President Aquino to rally his allies in the House of Representatives behind the government transparency measure.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Friday dared President Aquino to certify the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill as urgent just like what he did for the highly contentious Reproductive Health bill which was recently enacted into law.
