Read the full text of the YOUTH MANIFESTO FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE PEOPLE’S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IN THE 16TH CONGRESS: http://bit.ly/FYImanifesto
19 April 2014
[VIDEO] FOI is a YOUTH issue!
What are the reasons why Freedom of Information is a YOUTH issue? Watch the video to find out!
We're inviting Filipino youth and student organizations to be part of our campaign for the People's FOI Act! Click on this link to access our online form for new partner organizations: http://bit.ly/JoinFYI
16 April 2014
[VIDEO] We are the FOI Youth Initiative.
The FOI Youth Initiative (FYI) is a national network of more than a hundred Filipino youth and student organizations that call for transparency, accountability, and participation in government through the immediate passage of the People's Freedom of Information Act. Watch our video to know more about our campaign. #PeoplesFOInow!
15 April 2014
[VIDEO] What is FOI?
Ano nga ba ang Freedom of Information? Panoorin ang video para malaman kung ano ito at kung ano ang ginagawa ng kabataan para rito. #PeoplesFOInow!
02 April 2014
What's Wrong with the Right of Reply?
So far, there is no RIGHT OF REPLY provision in the proposed Freedom of Information bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate. However, we need to be vigilant. We cannot allow the insertion of this provision in the FOI Law because it is unconstitutional and anti-press freedom. Know more about the Right of Reply through this infographic by the UP Economics Towards Consciousness.
FOI Bill Progress in the 16th Congress (as of 15 March 2014)
Where are we now in our struggle for the passage of the Freedom of Information Act? Find out what has happened to the FOI Bill so far in the legislative process of the House of Representatives and the Senate through this infographic.
14 February 2014
[FYI in the Inquirer] Letter to the Editor: ‘You’ve got nothing to fear if you’ve got nothing to hide’
From http://opinion.inquirer.net/69097/youve-got-nothing-to-fear-if-youve-got-nothing-to-hide.
The year 2013 has just ended and we’re barely into the new year. It’s the perfect time to look back at our victories and successes, but it’s also an opportune time to think about the steps we’d like to take moving forward. That’s why the new year is the time when people start making resolutions and renewing promises long forgotten.
A resolution that we’d like to see from our government, if that government does choose to move on the straight road forward, is a commitment to transparency and accountability. For all the talk of reform and the clamor against corruption, there is one great resolution that has yet to be realized: the Freedom of Information Law. It is a resolution, an old promise, that we’ve been trying to keep for more than 20 years now.
Now, more than any other time, we are hopeful. We are hopeful that our Congress will finally decide to take that great step towards reform. We are hopeful that our public servants finally make the change to end all the corruption and abuse of power we are so tired of hearing about. The new year gives us new hope: that our government can finally act out that commitment to a transparent, accountable and democratic standard.
The Senate is making great progress with the FOI bill. But this leaves much to be desired from the House of Representatives which has a great deal of catching-up to do. So to the representatives of the people who are having second thoughts or doubts about the FOI bill, you’ve got nothing to fear if you’ve got nothing to hide.
Hopefully, 2014 will be the year when we can finally fulfill that commitment to the freedom of information.
—AJ MONTESA,
President, UP Economics Towards Consciousness (ETC);
Convener, FOI Youth Initiative (FYI),
youth4foi@gmail.com
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