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Cebu City dad bats for FOI measure approval before term ends

The Cebu City Hall's Legislative Building. (PNA file photo by John Rey Saavedra) CEBU CITY - Cebu City Councilor and South District Rep.-elect Eduardo Rama on Thursday vowed to work for the passage of the "Freedom of Information (FOI) Ordinance" before their term as members of the local legislative body ends on June 30. "Wa man tay problema (We don't have a problem with that). The ordinance is on its way to the third and final reading," Rama told the Philippine News Agency in a phone interview. Rama's remark came in reaction to the appeal of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC), an organization of media outfits in Cebu, to the current city council here to pass the FOI ordinance. The call was coursed through him, being its proponent and owing to his engagement with the members of the local media. In a statement, the CCPC, through its executive director Pachico Seares, said the proposed measure seeks to provide a "local mechanism" in the enforc ....

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