Perfect question. I keep on applying for a certain company here in Cebu. I finally knew the reason why they won't hire me 'cause I asked someone to ask why they won't hire me again (I worked with them before, for a month until I was hospitalized. then with the usual call center, they will drop you from training if you incur a certain number of absences).. the thing is, when they terminated my employment, they gave me an assurance that they will accept me back after I gave birth. So, of course I applied months after... and when i tell them that i worked for them previously, they tell me "we'll call you right back. we'll just check if you're eligible to reapply, etc etc. and they never call back. so anyway i asked one of their employees to check and that's when i found out that they're not hiring me because of attendance issues. I'm like, huh?! so anyway, i gave up on them. but i still call every now and then to check if their system has improved. you know to check if someone actually calls me back to inform me why I can't get hired. and up to now it's still the same thing. never changes.
so, TS, to answer your question yES, applicants should have a right to know what is going on.