THE Freedom of Information (FOI) bill may have a chance of being passed during the 16th Congress after leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to include the measure on the list of priority bills during its last regular session.
Speaking during the weekly Kapihan sa Senado news forum on Thursday, Senate President Franklin Drilon said the leadership of Senate and the House agreed to give the highest priority to six measures— FOI, the Bangsamoro Basic Law; 2016 National Budget; creation of the Department of Information, Communication and Technology; a measure that will amend the build-operate-and-transfer law; Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and the bill that seeks to modernize the Philippine Astronomical and Geophysical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) modernization.
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