Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

10 December 2020 Dear Mr. Ralph Edwin Villanueva, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 10 December 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested information on the following for a journalistic article on the Philippine Star: (1) Document detailing the budget of the DSWD on the Hatid Tulong program for Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs). Response to your request We are currently processing your request. We shall send it to the e-mail address you provided once we have received the response from the office responsible. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan FOI Decision Maker

April 29, 2022 Dear Ralph Edwin Villanueva, I refer to my letter of Dec 10, 2020 09:06:11 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Budget of DSWD for the Hatid Tulong program. We apologize for the delay. In order for us to work further on your request, may we know if you still need the information. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtODQ1ODQ2MjU1NDY3DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-845846255467, 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 Jul 22, 2022 02:58:30 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Georgia Ruby B. Gascon FOI Decision Maker

May 16, 2023 Dear Ralph Edwin, I refer to my letter of Apr 29, 2022 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Budget of DSWD for the Hatid Tulong program. 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 Jul 22, 2022. 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, Atty. Sittie Raifah FOI Officer