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<p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order implementing Freedom of Information (FOI) with exceptions and affirming the right to privacy.</p><p>ABS-CBN&#x27;s Willard Cheng obtained a copy of the EO signed Saturday by the President.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/24/foi-1.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/24/foi-2.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/24/foi-3.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/24/foi-4.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/24/foi-5.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/24/foi-6.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Read the full story on the milestone executive order <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/24/16/duterte-inks-foi-executive-order">here</a>.</p>

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill, which has stalled in Congress for the past 28 years, will finally be imposed in the executive branch through an executive order (EO) signed by President Duterte.