Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

April 29, 2021 Dear Lolita Pingol, Greetings! Thank you for your request for information on the documents related to the registration of labor union Sumi Philippines Workers Union (SPWU), under the Freedom of Information (Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016) filed in this Office on 31 March 2021. As to your request for a copy of Certificate of Registration of Sumi Philippines Workers Union (SPWU), and independent union, the same is granted and attached herewith is a certified true copy of the requested Certificate. As to your request for all documents submitted by SPWU in connection with its union registration, the same is denied given that upon further evaluation of your request, the information you identified is among the exceptions listed in Annex A and/or the Inventory of Exceptions to Executive Order No. 2 (S. 2016) and are deemed confidential under Department Order No. 103-10, Series of 2010. 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 [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, Maria Rima Hernandez FOI Receiving Officer