Philippine Veterans Affairs Office(PVAO)

August 9, 2021 Dear Jean Nicole Rayos, I refer to my letter of Jun 28, 2021, 03:54:26 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Files of my usaffe veteran grandfather Jose Miranda Guacena Sr.. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. Your requests have been filed and it appears that Jose Miranda Guacena, Sr. is indeed registered as our pensioner. Following your requests for his records you must first provide the following details: *Request Form (which can be secured of the VRMD Front-line Service) *Photocopy of 2 valid IDs *and a letter addressed to MS. OLIVIA C. ALEJANDRINO, Acting Chief, VRMD (Veterans Records Management Division), stating your relationship with Veteran Macabasag and the reason for your request to acquire his records. Once this is answered, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office, will undergo thorough research and will coordinate with you soon once it is finished. May we remind you that the records we have are dependent upon the submitted information given to our agency when they have applied for PVAO Pension. For more detailed information regarding Veteran Macabasag (job description, platoon, time of employment, and such) We recommend you send your requests to the Non-Current Records Division, Office of the Adjutant General (NRD-OTAG), or you may visit their website at https://www.otag-online.com/ for the complete details of Veteran Guancena. Should you have further clarifications, you may call the Public Affairs Office at 8912-4728. 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 Nov 01, 2021 05:31:07 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Officer

Nov 01, 2021 Dear Jean Nicole, I refer to my letter of Aug 09, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Files of my usaffe veteran grandfather Jose Miranda Guacena Sr.. 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 Nov 01, 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, Diane Joyce FOI Officer