DESPITE touting transparency and accountability as its core policy, the Aquino administration is not endorsing the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in the 16th Congress,  an administration lawmaker said on Friday.

Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat, one of the FOI authors, made the disclosure in light of reports that Ako Bicol Rep. Rodel Batocabe is likely to be named House Committee on Public Information chairman.

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