Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

April 6, 2022 Dear Yve Joerella Buncad, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 29, 2022 03:29:09 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for BPO in the Philippines. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as the national surveys such as the Labor Force Survey (LFS) could only provide major industry and regional disaggregation of employment data. For GDP data, you may coordinate with the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA). For more information, you may visit www.psa.gov.ph. 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 Silvestre H. Bello III at electronic mail address [email protected]. 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, Grace Baldoza FOI Receiving Officer