Department of Transportation(DOTr)

October 11, 2019 Dear Val Bonite, I refer to my letter of Oct 05, 2019 08:22:31 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Feasibility Study for the Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake (MAPALLA) Ferry System. Per the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Maritime, you needed to draft a formal letter of request specifying the purpose of the study and the details you needed for your study. Kindly address your letter to: MR. LINO H. DABI Assistant Secretary for Maritime Department of Transportation Clark Freeport Zone, Mabalacat, Pampanga Send the letter to [email protected]. Once sent, you may follow-up your request to this number (02) 790-8400 local 368 and look for Ms. Steph. 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 Jan 03, 2020 12:52:29 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, DOTR-DM DOTR FOI Officer

Good day! We would like to clarify if the letter of request was sent to [email protected]? Thank you.

Jan 03, 2020 Dear Val, I refer to my letter of Oct 11, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Feasibility Study for the Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake (MAPALLA) Ferry System. 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 Jan 03, 2020. 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, DOTR-DM FOI Officer