“There’s one important benchmark by which this FOI order should be measured, on how fast government permits can be secured,” Recto said in a statement. Senators are thankful to President Rodrigo Duterte for finally signing an Executive Order providing Freedom of Information (FOI) covering the Executive branch and stressed the need for it to be permanent through the passage of a comprehensive law on FOI. “We thank the President for starting this at least in the Executive branch. “But since now the government has signed an executive order, we thank the President. Sen. Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV also welcomed the executive order as this would boost and aid the government’s fight for transparency and good governance.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 24, 2016 07:18 UTC