THE controversial Freedom of Information (FOI) celebrates five years of implementation in the Philippines. A summit was held in Cebu City on Tuesday, November 23 with the theme 'Revisiting, reinventing the milestones, the future.' The guest list was headed by Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Jose Ruperto Martin Andanar.

In his opening remarks, Andanar said, 'It has been over three decades now that we have been advocating for the passage of the FOI law, a law encompassing all branches of the government to open itself up every nook and cranny to public scrutiny, to improve trust and deter corrupt practices at all levels of governance. Today marks the culmination of the long, arduous fight that we keep battling.'