National Archives of the Philippines(NAP)

March 9, 2020 Dear JOHN REY PELEGRIN, I refer to my letter of Mar 03, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Birth Record. Kindly be informed that in order for us to conduct research on the birth record of Agripina A. Elcana, you need to provide us additional information. Kindly download and fill-up our forms for birth records "http://nationalarchives.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NAP-Form-12-Request-for-Birth-Record.pdf". Then send thru email at [email protected]. For other inquiries you may call our reference section at Tel no. 8708-8729. 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 May 31, 2020 your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Maita Abunales FOI Officer

Jun 01, 2020 Dear JOHN REY, I refer to my letter of Mar 09, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Birth Record. 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 Jun 01, 2020. 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, Maita FOI Officer