Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

April 23, 2021 Dear Mr. Ricardo Quilates, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated April 18, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked how your family can be included in SAP considering that you received your SAP last year in Olongapo. Response to your request Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request. It is the Local Government Unit (LGU)/Barangay concern that is directly in-charge. Thus, it is the LGUs of Quezon City that may have the information you require. However, you may also contact the DSWD Social Amelioration Program Hotline Numbers at telephone number 16545 / 02 8424 2828 or by cellular phones through calling 0981 750 7287 (Smart), 0977 856 1191 (Globe) or 0931 092 9442 (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. 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. Maria Cassandra M. Urbiztondo FOI Decision Maker