Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA)

August 4, 2023 Dear Verona Baladad, I refer to my letter of Jul 31, 2023 01:44:44 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for DFA Department Order No. 03-08 dated February 7, 2008. In order to proceed with request, we would like to know what office you currently belong to and also the reason for the said request. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster10242018230000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERGQS0xMzk3OTY2ODgzMzkM, for request with ticket number #DFA-139796688339, 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 Oct 27, 2023 05:37:58 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Officer

August 4, 2023 Dear Verona Baladad, I refer to my letter of Jul 31, 2023 01:44:44 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for DFA Department Order No. 03-08 dated February 7, 2008. In order to proceed with your FOI request, kindly indicate which government agency (and/or office) you are affiliated with per your application information and further clarification on the purpose of the request (kindly elaborate "research" as stated in the initial request). You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://batchonboard20190219-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERGQS0xMzk3OTY2ODgzMzkM, for request with ticket number #DFA-139796688339, 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 Oct 27, 2023 05:54:01 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Officer

Oct 03, 2023 Dear Verona, I refer to my letter of Aug 04, 2023 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for DFA Department Order No. 03-08 dated February 7, 2008. 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 Oct 27, 2023. 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, FOI Decision FOI Officer