Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

6 January 2021 Dear Mr. Adrian Compañero, I refer to my letter of May 18, 2020 09:52:16 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for DSWD Financial Assistance. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query because your query was a bit vague. In particular, it would be helpful to know what kind of financial assistance: is it for the Social Amelioration Program? or for a different kind of assistance like Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations? Where did you file the papers? in the DSWD Central Office or DSWD Regional Office or by the barangay? You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNzE4MzcxNDk4NzM0DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-718371498734, 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 Mar 31, 2021 03:07:28 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Sittie Raifah Pamaloy-Hassan FOI Officer

Mar 31, 2021 Dear Adrian, I refer to my letter of Jan 06, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for DSWD Financial Assistance. 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 Mar 31, 2021. 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, Atty. Sittie Raifah FOI Officer