Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Hi, i would like to request for the ff:
1.) Number of Abandoned Children in Metro Manila
2.) Number of Orphanages in Metro Manila

September 18, 2020

Dear Shayne,

Thank you for your request dated Sep 18, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Abandoned Children in Metro Manila.

We received your request on Sep 18, 2020 and will respond on or before Oct 09, 2020 07:48:43 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNjQ2NzA0MDUxOTk5DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-646704051999.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

29 September 2020

Dear Ms. Shayne Simbillo,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 18 September 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested information on the following: (1) Number of Abandoned Children in Metro Manila and (2) Number of Orphanages in Metro Manila

Response to your request

Unfortunately, the information you are requesting falls under the instances where an FOI Request shall be denied, as enumerated in the FOI Manual of the DSWD. Specifically, it falls under:

	6.2.d. The FOI Request Is an unreasonable subsequent identical or substantially similar request from the same requesting party whose request has already been previously granted or denied by the DSWD.

We are already processing a similar request you made under the FOI Tracking No. #DSWD-266367887396. Thus we are constrained to deny 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 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