Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Hi DSDW,

I would like to ask some special request to your office if posible i can be a beneficiary of SAP in its 2nd wave. My name was never listed before as our brgy. Officials didnt include me. I am just staying in my sisters house and have no job for now. My source of income before was selling a siomai and other streets foods and because of pandemic i dont have my source of income anymore. Im hoping your office will honored my request as i know in this coming 2nd wave of sap my name will not be on the list. Im Basilio Sultan a  a registered voter of Brgy. Diezmo Cabuyao Laguna. 
Thank you

May 21, 2020

Dear Basilio,

Thank you for your request dated May 20, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for 2nd trache of SAP.

We received your request on May 20, 2020 and will respond on or before Aug 12, 2020 12:54:59 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtODc5MzI0NTIxMjcwDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-879324521270.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

5 June 2020


Dear Mr. Basilio Sultan,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 20 May 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested the following: (1)  You would like to be, if possible, included as a beneficiary of SAP in its 2nd wave because you were not listed by your barangay and you are just staying in your sister’s house and you were a street vendor before. Unfortunately, you don’t have a source of income anymore because of the pandemic. You would like to have a barcode and apply it on SAP DSWD app. 

Response to your request

Unfortunately, this is not a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) Request. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

However, you may contact the DSWD Social Amelioration Program Hotline Numbers at telephone  number 16545 or by cellular phones through calling 09474822864 (Smart), 09162471194 (Globe) or 09329333251 (Sun) or texting 09189122813 or by e-mail at [email protected] to inquire about your concerns and/or report irregularities about the Social Amelioration Program brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to MC 009, s. 2020 entitled Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of the Emergency Subsidy Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and is available at https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-009.pdf, it is the barangay that chooses the SAP beneficiaries. Specifically:

X.	Role of the LGUs

	The LGU shall perform the following: xxx

		2.	Prepare the list of target beneficiaries/clients as stated above; xxx

Thus, you could inquire at your barangay regarding your non-inclusion and possible addition as well as procuring a SAP form and a barcode because forms are printed by the LGU.

Further, for other related concerns, you may wish to direct your concern to the DILG by submitting a request to them via this portal. You may also contact them by telephone at 8876-34-54 or fill-out the form located at their Public Assistance Center page at https://www.dilg.gov.ph/public-assistance-center.

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 to Secretary ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

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).

Thank you.


Respectfully,

Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan
FOI Decision Maker