Presidential Communications Office(PCOO)

9 October 2018 Dear Ms Feliciano, I refer to your letter dated 2 October 2018 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for the Action Plan/steps made to improve PR Image of President Duterte. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. The mandate of PCOO is to "Develop and implement necessary guidelines and mechanisms pertaining to the delivery and dissemination of information relating to the policies, programs, official activities and achievements of the President and the Executive Branch." (Sec. 2(a), EO 4, S. 2010). In particular, it would be helpful to know if a listing of PCOO's information dissemination activities in relation to the official activities and achievements of the President would suffice to address your concern. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEVBDT08tNDk1NTE2MTg2NjA3DA, for request with ticket number #PCOO-495516186607, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 1 January 2019 07:37:07 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Kristian Ablan Assistant Secretary and FOI Decision Maker PCOO

Jan 01, 2019 Dear candy alexis, I refer to my letter of Oct 09, 2018 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Action Plan/steps made to improve PR Image of President Duterte. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Jan 01, 2019. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. 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 or visiting our central office. 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, Kris FOI Officer