Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Hi magandang araw po. Humihingi po sana ako ng financial assistance pambili ng mga gamot. Kasalukuyan po ako nagpapatingin sa isang psychiatrist dahil ako po ay diagnosed ng persistent depressive disorder at wala pa akong pangbili ng mga gamot kasi sobrang mahal ng mga ito. Sana po matulungan niyo po ako kahit papaano. Maraming salamat.

January 11, 2022

Dear Jesrel,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 10, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Financial Assistance.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, we find your request to be incomplete. Thus, your FOI request did not meet the requisites of a valid FOI request. 

Section 9 of Executive Order No. 2 states that:
SECTION 9. Procedure. The following procedure shall govern the filing and processing of request for access to information:
(a) Any person who requests access to information shall submit a written request to the government office concerned. The request shall state the name and contact information of the requesting party, provide valid proof of his identification or authorization, reasonably describe the information requested, and the reason for, or purpose of, the request for information: Provided, that no request shall be denied or refused acceptance unless the reason for the request is contrary to law, existing rules and regulations or it is one of the exceptions contained in the inventory or updated inventory of exception as hereinabove provided. X X X 	

As emphasized, you failed to state your contact information. Lastly, we noticed that you did not attach any valid proof of identification. Therefore, we constrain to deny your request.

Further, this is not a valid request for information, thus we constrain to deny your request. For your concern and further assistance, here is the DSWD Field Offices contact information: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/directory-of-officials-field-office/

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. 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,

MYRNA H. REYES
FOI Officer