Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Good day! I am Allen May A. Lovendino, a 5th year architecture student from Divine Word College of Calapan. I am currently working on my undergraduate thesis and i would like to request for the information of the following: 
1. Data about teenage pregnancy in Mindoro province
2. Teens with mental health problems including depression, anxiety, etc..
3. Teens considered as PWD
4. Teens in crisis (involvement in physical and psychological abuse, abandoned, rape, violence, bullied, neglected, kidnapped, drugs, crimes and other related datas)
5. Guidelines in establishing youth or teen center

December 2, 2020

Dear Allen,

Thank you for your request dated Nov 29, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Data.

We received your request on Nov 29, 2020 and will respond on or before Dec 19, 2020 04:14:12 AM, 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://pcoomaster11222017130000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtMjE3MTM1NjYxMzYzDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-217135661363.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

2 December 2020


Dear Mr. Allen Lovendino,


Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 29 November 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 thesis purposes from the years 2015 - 2019: (1) Data about teenage pregnancy in Mindoro province; (2) Teens with mental health problems including depression, anxiety, etc.; (3) Teens considered as PWD; (4) Teens in crisis (involvement in physical and psychological abuse, abandoned, rape, violence, bullied, neglected, kidnapped, drugs, crimes and other related datas); and (5) Guidelines in establishing youth or teen center.

Response to your request

Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

It is the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that may have the data you require for (1), (2), (3) and (4). Under Republic Act 10625 (the “Philippine Statistical Act of 2013”), the PSA is the government agency responsible for preparing and conducting periodic censuses on population, housing, agriculture, fisheries, business, industry and other sectors of the economy. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the PSA by submitting a request to the PSA via this portal. You may also contact the PSA by telephone at 462-6600 locals 839, 833 and 834 or via email at [email protected].

For number (1), since you are asking for information specific to the Mindoro provinces, the Local Government Unit (LGU) of both Occidental and Oriental Mindoro may also have the data you wish to obtain. Therefore, you may also direct your request to the provincial LGUs of both Occidental and Oriental Mindoro.

For number (2), additional data might be available at the Department of Health (DOH) since treatment of mental health problems is within the purview of DOH. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the DOH. You may make another request via this portal. You may also contact them by telephone at 651-7800 local 5001-5006 or via email at [email protected].

For number (3), pursuant to Presidential Decree 1509, as amended, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) is the national government agency mandated to formulate policies and coordinate the activities of all agencies, whether public or private, concerning disability issues and concerns. They may have additional data. Hence, you also may wish to direct your request to the NCDA. You may contact them by telephone at 932-6422 or via email at [email protected].

For numbers (4) and (5), it is the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) that may have the data that you require. Under Republic Act 10630 (the “Juvenile Justice Welfare Act”), the JJWC oversees the implementation of the law. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the JJWC by submitting a request to them via this portal. You may also contact them by telephone at 921-0565 or via email at [email protected].

Finally, additional data for number (4) might be available at the Philippine National Police (PNP), specifically the Women Children Protection Center (WCPC), since people report crimes, even those committed by teens, to the PNP directly. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the PNP by submitting a request to the PNP via this portal. You may contact them by telephone at 8723-0401. 

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 ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. 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 M. Pamaloy-Hassan
FOI Decision Maker