The Right to Know – Paper Trail

Documents as Primary and Secondary Source

Investigative Trail
Philippine Commission on Investigative Journalism
Philippines, Source

Cases and Records Availability

Anti-Corruption Body

Office of the Ombudsan,

Sandiganbayan;
Presidential Anti-graft Commission

Civil Registry Records

National Statistics Office;

Civil Registries of Local Governments

School/Academic Records

School Yearbooks
School Articles
Lists of Alumni

Land Registration Records

Land Registration Authority; local register of deeds

Vehicle Registration Records; Driver’s license

Land Transportation Office

The Public Right To Know

Note: Directories are not included; Some facts can be gathered through net; phone call or in person, filing of permission is sometimes required Facts needed depends on the lead or case of the IR, Paper Trail and E-trail
only still it needs Human trail.
For e-trail: some sites might already unavailable.
 The Right to Know – Paper Trail
Documents as Primary and Secondary Source
Investigative Trail
Philippine Commission on Investigative Journalism
Philippines, Source

Travel Records

Philippine Bureau of Immigration

Court Records

Courthouse; Supreme Court of the Philippines

Records of license to own and carry firearms

License Division, Firearms and Explosives Unit, Philippine National Police

Asset Disclosures

Office of the Ombudsman and agencies concerned for national executive

officials;
Congress for senators and representatives; regional Deputy Ombudsmen for
Local elected officials; The supreme Court for the Judiciary; the Military
Ombudsman for the Armed forces; and the Civil Service Commission for
Bureaucrats

Official Investigations on Government Officials

Office of the Ombudsman

Civil Service Commission

Records of Campaign Contributions and expenses; Voter’s Registration

Commission on Elections
The Public Right To Know
Note: Directories are not included; Some facts can be gathered through net; phone call or in person, filing of permission is sometimes required Facts needed depends on the lead or case of the IR, Paper Trail and E-trail
only still it needs Human trail.
For e-trail: some sites might already unavailable.
 The Right to Know – Paper Trail
Documents as Primary and Secondary Source
Investigative Trail
Philippine Commission on Investigative Journalism
Philippines, Source

Corporate Registration Records

Securities and Exchange Commission

Business licenses and permits

Local governments concerned

Department of Trade and Industry

Tax Records

Bureau of Internal Revenue

Budget Records

Department of Budget and Management

Budget Records for local government

Department of Interior and Local Government

Audit Reports

Commission on Audit

Macroeconomic data

The Public Right To Know

Note: Directories are not included; Some facts can be gathered through net; phone call or in person, filing of permission is sometimes required Facts needed depends on the lead or case of the IR, Paper Trail and E-trail
only still it needs Human trail.
For e-trail: some sites might already unavailable.
 The Right to Know – Paper Trail
Documents as Primary and Secondary Source
Investigative Trail
Philippine Commission on Investigative Journalism
Philippines, Source

National Economic Development Authority

General Population statistics and social data

National Statistics office;

National Statistical Coordination Board
Social Weather Station
PulseAsia
Police investigations

National Bureau Of Investigation

Governmet loans and contracts
Military expenditures
Military loans and contracts
Records of legislative proceedings
Military and police intelligence reports
Roadworks, Building

Department of Public Work and H

Water and Sewage

MWSS
Maintenance of Public utilities

Metro Manila Development Authority

Franchise
Land transportation Franchising Board

The Public Right To Know

Note: Directories are not included; Some facts can be gathered through net; phone call or in person, filing of permission is sometimes required Facts needed depends on the lead or case of the IR, Paper Trail and E-trail
only still it needs Human trail.
For e-trail: some sites might already unavailable.
 The Right to Know – Paper Trail
Documents as Primary and Secondary Source
Investigative Trail
Philippine Commission on Investigative Journalism
Philippines, Source

Cases and Records Website Availability

Financial Disclosure of Officials
www.i-site.ph
Maroeconomic data
www.neda.gov.ph
General Population statistics and
social data
www.census.gov.ph; www.nscb.gov.ph
Copies of laws
www.chanrobles.com;
www.lawphil.net

Website Access
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

Blog access
http://blogpulse.com/
http://bloglines.com/
http://technorati.com/
http://www.feedster.com/

Chat access, net spying

http://www.journalismnet.com/people/usenet.htm

Online mailing list

http://www.Isoft.com/list/listref.html

Find email address

The Public Right To Know
Note: Directories are not included; Some facts can be gathered through net; phone call or in person, filing of permission is sometimes required Facts needed depends on the lead or case of the IR, Paper Trail and E-trail
only still it needs Human trail.
For e-trail: some sites might already unavailable.
 The Right to Know – Paper Trail
Documents as Primary and Secondary Source
Investigative Trail
Philippine Commission on Investigative Journalism
Philippines, Source

http://jourmalismnet.com/people/email/html
http://www.worldemail.com/

Phone numbers/Directories
www.globalyp.com/world
http://www.ability.org.uk/phone.html
http://www.whitepages.com
http://www.infospace.com
http://anywho.com

Multiple searches for information

on people http://journalismnet.com
http://www.zoominfo.com
http://freeality.com/
http://samspade.org/t/

Find experts
http://www.asiasource.org/experts/ax_mp_02.cfm
http://www.accessasia.org/database/quick/
http://www.accessasiaa.org/links/organizations/alpha/index.asp
http://profnet1.prnewswire.com/login_prm.jsp
http://www.expertclick.com/
http://journalismnet.com/experts/index.htm

The Public Right To Know

Note: Directories are not included; Some facts can be gathered through net; phone call or in person, filing of permission is sometimes required Facts needed depends on the lead or case of the IR, Paper Trail and E-trail
only still it needs Human trail.
For e-trail: some sites might already unavailable.