President Duterte signs Executive Order on Freedom of Information

President Rodrigo Duterte has just signed the executive order implementing the freedom of information (FOI) mandating full public disclosure of all offices under the executive branch.
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“We are now holding a final copy of an EO on the FOI… After 29 years of fighting to strengthen the right to freedom of information” Presidential Communications Office Secretary  Martin Andanar to GMA News

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He added that aside from agencies in the executive branch, state universities are also covered by the executive order.

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