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First House bills filed under 18th Congress tackle FOI, motorcycle regulation, HRDs, Cebu development

July 1, 2019 admin 18th congress, cebu development, first house bills filed, FOI, hrds, Latest News Stories, motorcycle regulation, Nation

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 08:21:04 +0000

House bills seeking to allow the use of motorcycles as public transport, strengthen citizen’s right to government-held data, and protect human rights defenders were among the first five measures filed at the lower chamber on the first day of the 18th Congress.

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Kaliwa dam project questioned at SC

March 22, 2019 admin Chinese, colmenares, documents, FOI, Headlines, kaliwa dam, Latest News Stories, Loan, locsin, Makabayan, medialdea, Nation, questioned, SC, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:19:52 +0000

Human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares on Friday said that with the release of the official contracts, he would file a petition in the Supreme Court to question the China-funded Kaliwa Dam project which he claimed was laden with terms detrimental to the Filipino people. The Bayan Muna chair and Makabayan senatorial bet said published documents […]

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Medialdea: OK to release Kaliwa Dam docus if covered by FOI

March 21, 2019 admin FOI, kaliwa dam, kaliwa dam project, Latest News Stories, medialdea, Nation

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 01:48:12 +0000

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said Malacañang would “abide” by the Freedom of Information (FOI) rules after some groups

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Palace awaits Congress leadership change in push for FOI bill – exec

February 5, 2019 admin Congress, elections 2019, FOI, Kris Ablan, Latest News Stories, Malacañang, Nation, news, Rodrigo Duterte

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 02:39:03 +0000

A Palace official said Malacañang would push the FOI bill in the next Congress when the legislature gets new leaders.

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Poe: Stricter rules on accessing SALN a setback in transparency

February 4, 2019 admin congressmen, FOI, House of Representatives, Latest News Stories, Nation, Poe, SALN, transparency

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 05:52:20 +0000

The House of Representative’s move to require plenary approval for any request for a statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) of lawmakers could violate the Constitution and a “setback” in delivering greater transparency in the government, Senator Grace Poe said Tuesday.

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