Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology(PHIVOLCS)

Dear eFOI user,

Mabuhay!

Thank you for utilizing the eFOI portal (www.foi.gov.ph) and exercising your right to information under Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

We have received your request on Request for 11 ground motion data near Taguig City, dated April 12, 2024.

While our primary objective is to provide information whenever possible, we regret to inform you that requests for information included in our frontline services such as earthquake and hazard data, this can be submitted directly to the sections which handle it, as indicated in the PHIVOLCS Citizen's Charter (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/vault/pdf/Transparency/2024/PHIVOLCS_Citizens_Charter_1st_Edition.pdf). Hence, please get in touch with our Seismic and Tsunami Data Management (STDM) Section at [email protected]. They can be reached at 84261468 local 305.
We apologize for the delay in this reply as the FOI system was down and we were unable to access your request.

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing DOST Assistant Secretary for Administration and Legal Affairs, Dr. Diana L. Ignacio, DOST Complex, Gen. Santos Avenue, Taguig City with email [email protected].

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Feedback on Handling of eFOI request

We would highly appreciate it if you can accomplish the feedback form and provide input for us to improve how we handle our FOI requests at this link: https://bit.ly/PHIVOLCSFOIFeedback.

Very truly yours,
Angela G. Montes

FOI Officer

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated April 12, 2024, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

We emailed the reply to you last 18 April 2024, 1001am:

We received your request on Ground Motion Data near Taguig City, dated 12 April 2024. Our apologies as the FOI portal is having issues hence we are manually replying to you instead to rectify the situation.

While our primary objective is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we would need for you to resubmit your request to a PHIVOLCS portal as this is considered part of our frontline services, also indicated in our Citizen's Charter. In order to begin processing your request, please resubmit your request via email or print addressed to Dr. Teresito C. Bacolcol of PHIVOLCS and send to [email protected].

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing DOST Assistant Secretary for Administration and Legal Affairs, Dr. Diana L. Ignacio, DOST Complex, Gen. Santos Avenue, Taguig City with email [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Feedback on Handling of eFOI request

We would highly appreciate it if you can accomplish the feedback form and provide input for us to improve how we handle our FOI requests at this link: https://bit.ly/PHIVOLCSFOIFeedback

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

Angela G. Montes

FOI Officer

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology