Heeding President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to make government transactions transparent to the public, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently came out with its own Freedom of Information (FOI) Manual, making it one of the first government agencies to comply with the presidential order. During the ceremonial signing of the FOI Manual, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno encouraged the DILG officials and personnel to use the manual as basis in disclosing information to the general public. The DILG’s FOI manual prescribes the appropriate timeline for the processing of a requested information based on their nature and mechanisms for acknowledgement upon receipt of a request. The event was held on the same day President Duterte’s executive order on the FOI took effect. Implementing an FOI order is already a progress for the Filipino people.

Source: Manila Times November 26, 2016 12:27 UTC