All set for Freedom of Information run on Saturday
By Cong B. Corrales
Ready, set, and go for our right to know.
Get your running shoes ready for “Tanglaw Run for Freedom of Information” this Saturday, October 4, at the Quirino Granstand in Manila City.
The run begins at 5 o’clock in the morning so stretch and limber up early. The name “tanglaw” symbolizes Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) community’s contribution in giving light to pressing social concern—the people’s right to know.
This is an annual advocacy project of the Federation of Alumni Associations in PUP, Inc. (FEDAAPI), in coordination with Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition this year. It will banner the issue of the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill.
To register click the photo below.
THIS BIB is yours if you join the fun run
You can also check out the event’s Facebook page.
This event is open to all “Iskolar ng Bayan,” faculty members, employees and PUP alumni, other State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and like-minded groups and organizations in support of the People’s Freedom of Information Bill.
“FEDAAPI believes that with the rampant graft and corruption in our country the FOI would immensely aid our government in providing greater transparency with its transactions especially concerning government funds,” said Reynaldo de Guzman, FEDAAPI board member and “Tanglaw Run 2014″ chairman.
As well, Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition co-convenor Nepomuceno Malaluan enjoins its more than 160 member-organizations and freedom of information advocates across the country to participate in Tanglaw Run 2014.
The 5K advocacy run for FOI is expected to draw 30,000 runners who will take part in simultaneous run at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila and in nine Luzon provinces where 16 of the 22 branches and campuses of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines are located.
THE FUN RUN shirts
Aside from the fun run, the event aims to generate more than 30,000 signatures in support for the FOI bill. The proceeds of the event will be used for the FEDAAPI Scholarship Fund and other alumni-related projects of the PUP—the largest and first polytechnic university in the Philippines. Registration fee for students is pegged at P250 and P350 for faculty members, alumni, and guests. Runners who pay the fee would get a Tanglaw Run 2014 running jersey, a singlet, race bib, and a R2KRN baller.
FEES: Students: Php 250.oo Alumni/ Faculty/ Others: Php 350.00
PAYMENTS:
For Cash Payments: 2014 Tanglaw Run Secretariat PUP Tahanan ng Alumni Building Mabini Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila For Check Payments: Any BDO Branch Account Name: Federation of Alumni Associations in PUP, Inc. Account Number: 000300978979 For additional inquiries please contact: Ms. Maureen Paz (02) 3544841