Department of Justice(DOJ)

Good day!

We would like to request for an update or case status on NPS Docket No. XVI-INV-15A-00015 against Antonio Lee Tiu filed by BIR in violation of Sections 254 and 255 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997.

Thank you and keep safe always

P.S. Please disregard my previous request as I mistakenly wrote the wrong NPS Docket No.

December 7, 2020

Dear Priam Reinhard,

Thank you for your request dated Dec 03, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for CASE STATUS OF NPS Docket No. XVI-INV-15A-00015.

We received your request on Dec 03, 2020 and will respond on or before Dec 24, 2020 03:44:22 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSi01MzExMDA1OTgyODUM, for request with ticket number #DOJ-531100598285.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Irene Dulin
FOI Officer

HI, I would like to request for an update on my request dated December 3, 2020. Until today, I haven't received a feedback from my request. Thank you

March 10, 2021

Dear Priam Reinhard Abarca,

Greetings!

This Department is constrained to deny your request for said information on the ground that it falls under one of the exceptions from the coverage of the law in relation to the inventory of exceptions, as circularized in the Memorandum from the Executive Secretary, dated 24 November 2016. Specifically, said information falls under item no. 7 therein, in relation to Section 3(l)(2), R.A. No. 10173. 

Pursuant to the People’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Manual of this Department, a denial may be administratively appealed, in writing, to this Department’s Central FOI Committee within fifteen (15) calendar days, either from notice of denial, or from the lapse of the period to respond to the instant request. The appeal shall be decided by the Secretary of Justice, within thirty (30) calendar days from filing of said appeal, based on the recommendations of the above-said Committee. Note that the lapse of the thirty-day period without any decision having been rendered shall be deemed denial of the appeal.

If the decision on the appeal is unfavorable to the requester, or that the appeal was not acted upon within the thirty-day period, the requester may lodge an administrative appeal before the Office of the President pursuant to Administrative Order No. 22, s. 2011.

Upon exhaustion of administrative remedies, judicial action may be resorted by the requester in accordance with the Rules of Court.

Thank you.

GEORGE O. ORTHA II
Chief State Counsel 
FOI Decision Maker