Right to Know, Right Now! coalition
Latest RELEASES
FINISHING THE CONSTITUTION’S WORK
Why the Philippines Needs a People’s Freedom of Information Law Now
A Companion Paper of the Updated R2KRN FOI Bill The present governance crisis has stripped away public confidence in the State’s internal safeguards against corruption. Across the entire budget cycle from planning and...
Repair Public Trust: Pass a Strong FOI Law
AT NO OTHER TIME in our recent history have we, the people, raised with more vigor and urgency two demands: transparency and accountability. The breakdown of institutional safeguards against corruption across the entire budget...
THE PHP45-BILLION BICAM DEADLOCK
DAY 3 of the bicameral conference committee (Bicam) deliberations on the proposed 2026 national budget was cancelled due to a deadlock over the Senate’s PhP45-billion reduction in the budget of the Department of Public Works and...
COMELEC ok’d flood of public works
ban exception in 2022, 2025 elections
IT may have been a problem that partly enabled the massive corruption in infrastructure projects: Exceptions from the public works ban that the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) had granted by the tens of thousands during...
Opacity of Joint Ventures in Public Procurement
Structural Vulnerabilities and Reform Directions
Recent corruption scandals in infrastructure and election-related procurements have highlighted deep systemic weaknesses in the regulation of joint venture (JV) participation under our procurement laws. Our analysis shows that...
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.
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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.