Right to Know, Right Now! coalition
Latest RELEASES
Faults and Flaws of e-FOI Numbers
BETWEEN former President Rodrigo Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who comes out with a better record as guardian or advocate of the people’s right to know? Both leaders could be said to succeed and fail, by specific...
10 Years of FOI Under EO 2
Intent, Reality,
Gains, and Gaps
IN BOTH advocacy and practice, Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 better known as the Freedom of Information (FOI) Executive Order, has served as a testing ground for the government’s readiness to institutionalize a transparency...
10 Years of Executive FOI Policy
What Information Do Citizens Want and Need?
ON July 23, 2026, the nation will mark the 10th year of Executive Order No. 02, which operationalized in the Executive Branch “The People’s Constitutional Right to Information and the State Policies to Full Public Disclosure and...
Uneven Transparency
Of 378 laws passed by 19th Congress,
only 15% have access to info clauses
THEY proclaim big, bold words supposedly to promote open, honest, and transparent government. But while senators and congressmen who are mostly allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had passed laws with transparency...
Hope rekindled: Take final steps,
pass Right to Information law now
Members of the Right to Know Right Now Coalition, with House Champions, the House Committee Secretariat, and the PCO FOI Project Management Office after the approval on 2nd reading of the House Right to Information Bill, May 26,...
The R2KRN SALN Tracker
for Public Accountability
The Right to Know Right Now Coalition has rolled out an online public dashboard turns on SALN to track, report, and promote the citizens’ right to access SALN. The Dashboard aims to transform the principles of transparency and accountability into a living, verifiable community practice. It will feature:
– A list officials who received request letters from R2KRN for disclosure of their SALNs;
– Track responses to R2KRN’s formal request letters;
– Tag the status of requests, whether granted, pending, or denied;
– Provide links directly to primary sources of disclosed SALNs so the public, media, and oversight bodies can verify disclosures.
Periodic updates will show emerging patterns across branches of government and agencies, to allow citizens to check which of theme have opened or remain opaque in regard to SALN disclosure of their officials.
Latest Infographics
WHAT’s GOING ON IN THE MIRU JOINT VENTURE? the people have the right to know
WHAT’s GOING ON IN THE MIRU JOINT VENTURE? THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW. The Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) in a press conference, October 15, demanded that COMELEC and Miru joint venture partners disclose information about the financial workout and...
PAHAYAG NG RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION TUNGKOL SA PAG-WITHDRAW NG ST. TIMOTHY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION (STCC) MULA SA MIRU JOINT VENTURE
Nababahala ang Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) sa pag-withdraw ng St. Timothy Construction Corporation (STCC) mula sa Miru Joint Venture (JV), ang nanalo sa public bidding ng PhP17.99-bilyong kontrata para sa 2025 automated election system (AES). Maraming...
Events
r2krn press conference – october 15, 2024
Integrity of the 2025 Elections in Jeopardy - R2KRN Press ConferenceOctober 15, 2024Luxent Hotel, Quezon City Clean, fair, honest elections in May 2025? Full disclosure a duty of MIRU-JV, Comelec for people’s right to know...
New report out!
New: R2KRN FOI Practice Report on FASTrAC For over a decade, the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition has cultivated a freedom of information (FOI) practice to test, make use of and strengthen FOI mechanisms in the country as an essential component to claiming the...
Usapin at Pangamba sa May 2025 Elections: Fast, furious questions about FASTRAC
Usapin at Pangamba sa May 2025 Elections: Fast, furious questions about FASTrACThursday, 27 June 2024, 9:00 AM-12:00 NNAutumn Function Room, Luxent Hotel, Timog Avenue, Quezon City There is an option to join online via Zoom, and the forum will also be streamed live on...
The R2KRN SALN Tracker
for Public Accountability
The Right to Know Right Now Coalition has rolled out an online public dashboard turns on SALN to track, report, and promote the citizens’ right to access SALN. The Dashboard aims to transform the principles of transparency and accountability into a living, verifiable community practice. It will feature:
– A list officials who received request letters from R2KRN for disclosure of their SALNs;
– Track responses to R2KRN’s formal request letters;
– Tag the status of requests, whether granted, pending, or denied;
– Provide links directly to primary sources of disclosed SALNs so the public, media, and oversight bodies can verify disclosures.
Periodic updates will show emerging patterns across branches of government and agencies, to allow citizens to check which of theme have opened or remain opaque in regard to SALN disclosure of their officials.
The R2kRN Transparency Dashboard
On 08 February 2022, the start of the 90-day official campaign period for the 2022 national elections, the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition launched a challenge, SALN Reveal: Walang dapat ikatakot ang walang tinatago!, to enjoin candidates running for the highest offices in government to commit to (1) Release their Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN); (2) Support the passage of the FOI Law; (3) Waive their right to Bank Secrecy Law; and (4) Issue a confidentiality release of health records.
Sino ang tutugon, sino ang tatanggi sa ating hamon? Alamin!
OFW FOI Request Tracker
The Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN), Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA), and the FOI Youth Initiative (FYI) have tracked government programs directed at the protection and assistance of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. They filed FOI requests with the DOLE, the DFA, the OWWA, and the POEA.