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...
R2KRN dashboard to track, report who will release SALNs and won’t
The Right to Know Right Now Coalition (R2KRN) will roll out this week a live public dashboard to track and record, in real time, who among our senior public officials -- the President, Vice President, senators and congressmen, and DPWH officials -- will release their...
R2KRN Welcomes the Creation of An Independent Commission; Awaits Important Steps
The Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) welcomes the issuance of Executive Order No. 94 creating an Independent Commission for Infrastructure. We recognize this as a concrete response to the public demand for...
Wanted: A True “Protector of the People” for Ombudsman Or Why the JBC and the President Must Make a Bold and Correct Choice
THE flood of anomalies in flood control projects lays bare the systemic networks of collusion among politicians, contractors, and public officials. The controversy could very well be just scratching the surface, the tip of the iceberg so to speak. Meanwhile, the...
Release all SALNs, DPWH, DTI,SEC, BIR records
The disclosure of massive corruption and wasteful spending of public funds has triggered a floodgate of questions, accusations, and confusion. Among the major questions are: Who are the big fish and real crooks? And how and why did they manage to skirt the law,...
Beyond a striptease list, go the full monty
r2krn statement on corruption in flood control projects Mahiya naman kayo! This, in his fourth State of the Nation Address last Monday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued a harsh public rebuke of those supposedly behind the widespread corruption in flood control...
What, how, whyever FOI? A tough, rough ride to law
ACROSS a quarter of a century now, the Right to Know Right Now Coalition (R2KRN) has campaigned and pushed for the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) law. This goal has firmly bonded about 60 civil society organizations and leaders from various social sectors...
Legislative advocacy: Should we start again? BBM’s spiel on FOI: True, false, spin, PR?
A STATEMENT but not a policy, a couple of discordant drafts, a series of focus group discussions, and rushed queries about reference bills. A few tentative signals have come in recent months from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., some lawmakers, and the Philippine Open...
PRESS RELEASE: R2KRN Warns: FOI Law Must Strengthen, Not Shrink, Right to Information
R2KRN Warns: FOI Law Must Strengthen, Not Shrink, Right to Information MANILA, Philippines — April 23, 2025 The Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) urged the Marcos administration to ensure that any FOI law passed must affirm, not undermine, the constitutional...
RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION (R2KRN) COMMENTS ON THE FOI BILLS PROPOSED BY DBM AND PCO Submitted to the Philippine Open Government Partnership for its consultations led by the Department of Budget and Management – April 18, 2025.
[R2KRN POSITION PAPER] OGP-DBM-PCO FOI Bills