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		<title>14th Congress kills FOI bill</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/06/10/14th-congress-kills-foi-bill/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Freedom of Information Act—a reconciled version of the Senate and House versions&#8211; died in the final day of the 14th Congress, after being approved by the bicameral conference committee and ratified by the Senate in February of this year.
It was the farthest the bill had gone since the first version filed in 1992 (See [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sidebar: Is this the end?</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/06/10/sidebar-is-this-the-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen years of effort—but still counting

Sources:
Inquirer.net
Philstar.com
GMAnews.tv
Congress.gov.ph
Minimalgovernment.net
Aer.ph
Ansa-eap.net
Access to Information Network
Right to Know Right Now! Campaign
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		<title>Sidebar: FOI bill sponsors were among the absentees</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/06/10/sidebar-foi-bill-sponsors-were-among-the-absentees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only 128 out of the 267 representatives in the Lower House attended the June 4 session. The rest had taken an early vacation or were busy in their new posts—or deliberately stayed away to kill the FOI bill. 
The following are the representatives who were either absent or did not respond to the roll call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aruna Roy of India on Right to Information</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/06/10/aruna-roy-of-india-on-right-to-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aruna Roy is a leading Right to Information activist in India. She helped in demanding records and uncovering irregularities in Rajasthan, a village in India. This in turn led to the passage of the Indian Law on Right to Information in 2000.




Videos were taken during the &#8220;Freedom of Information: National Demand, Global Lessons&#8221; held at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Updated) The right to information: the final push</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/06/01/the-right-to-information-the-final-push/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/06/01/the-right-to-information-the-final-push/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a door closes, a window opens.
However, the window for the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill is about to shut as well.
The FOI bill can only be ratified until Friday, June 4, right before the House of Representatives adjourns sine die. But the 14th Congress still needs to canvass the votes for the President and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the press do its job in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/05/21/let-the-press-do-its-job-in-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 03:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILIPPINES—The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) supports the call of media advocacy groups and other concerned sectors to spare media organizations and journalists from threats and attacks while covering the clashes between Thailand&#8217;s security forces and protesters. 
Violence related to the occupation of portions of Central Bangkok by the Red Shirt partisans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEAPA Alert: Journalist killed, TV station torched, reporters threatened as Thai government moves against Red Shirts</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/05/20/seapa-alert-journalist-killed-tv-station-torched-reporters-threatened-as-thai-government-moves-against-red-shirts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 07:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is concerned that media groups and individuals remain vulnerable, especially as tension rises and spreads in Thailand. Following government&#8217;s move to permanently dismantle the rally site in Bangkok, there are fears that protests will spread to outlying provinces, and along with them, a general hazard—and even hostility—towards the covering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Covering the elections</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/05/10/covering-the-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/05/10/covering-the-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 04:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the country has had several elections since the collapse of the Marcos dictatorship, and many look at elections as of no particular significance to the country’s present or future, the elections of 10 May 2010 do depart from others in several respects. The country is holding its first nationwide automated elections today; some 50,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An ethical, not a legal issue</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/04/19/an-ethical-not-a-legal-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/04/19/an-ethical-not-a-legal-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) noted in its monitoring of the news coverage of the 2010 campaign and elections that despite the early preparations and efforts to improve the quality of reporting, the Philippine press still has the tendency to prioritize the exclusive and the sensational over the significant to the detriment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election laws and the media: When ethics is legislated</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/03/19/election-laws-and-the-media-when-ethics-are-legislated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eyeonethics.org/2010/03/19/election-laws-and-the-media-when-ethics-are-legislated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last elections demonstrated how some of the current laws in the Philippines infringe on press freedom.
One such law is Republic Act 9006 or The Fair Election Act. On paper, the law seems a genuine attempt to level the playing field for all candidates during elections. The law mandates the State, “during the election period, [...]]]></description>
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