Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

February 12, 2021 Dear Jason Laurence Ruivivar, This refers to your request for copy of the following: - Business name and type - Current status (active, closed, in danger of closing) - Number of employees - Number of employees infected with COVID-19 - Town, barangay, municipality and province - Quarantine status - Number of customers It is with deep regret that we could not grant your request as they fall on one of the exemptions provided in the FOI. "Information, documents or records known by reason of official capacity and are deemed as confidential, including those submitted or disclosed by entities to government agencies, tribunals, boards, or officers, in relation to the performance of their functions, or to inquiries or investigation conducted by them in the exercise of their administrative, regulatory, or quasi-judicial powers;" is considered as part of information restricted for access of the general public. 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 . 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). Mark Valeros, MD FOI Decision Maker> Thank you. Respectfully, Mark Valeros FOI Receiving Officer