Right to Know, Right Now! coalition
Latest reports
Crazy, dicey? Why? How?: Contractors snare billions for laptops, PPEs, elections
Flaws in the procurement law and gaps in the procurement process have allowed the imponderable to happen: Contractors gunning for, and winning, billion-peso contracts to sell laptops, personal protective equipment (PPEs), and now, automated election systems. It’s big...
Procurement law and the Miru JV: More to verify, validate, ascertain
To acquire goods and services using public funds, all government agencies must abide by Republic Act No. 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. Competitive bidding is the default mode in state procurement. This means...
St. Timothy’s checkered record: Many projects, negative slippages
St. Timothy Construction Corporation submitted to the COMELEC dozens – actually up to 150 in all – projects that it said were its “ongoing” and awarded contracts from 2018 to January 2024. That list bolstered what St. Timothy had claimed to be its net financial...
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 https://youtu.be/iVhVe-eQzJE
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 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.