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Date: Sept. 14, 2020, 6:48 p.m.
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Date: 2020-09-17 09:16:04.000000
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Date: 2020-09-22 16:05:03.000000
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Published by Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) on Sept. 14, 2020.
Requested from DSWD by A. Espiritu at 06:48 PM on
Sept. 14, 2020.
Purpose: Approval of application
Date of Coverage: 04/18/2020 - 09/14/2020
Tracking no: #DSWD-094970404873
Good day! Please i would like to request for an update of the application submitted online for DOLE-AKAP for OFWs. Cash assistance for the displaced overseas workers affected by Covid 19. DOLE informed me that my application was endorsed to DSWD-NCR for appropriate assistance. I only want to know if my application has been approved or not. Thank you in advance
September 17, 2020 Dear Andrew, Thank you for your request dated Sep 14, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Follow up for DOLE-AKAP application. We received your request on Sep 14, 2020 and will respond on or before Oct 05, 2020 06:48:48 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtMDk0OTcwNDA0ODczDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-094970404873. Thank you. Respectfully, Myrna Reyes FOI Officer
22 September 2020 Dear Mr. Andrew Espiritu, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 14 September 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested information on the following: (1) Status updates of your submitted online application of DOLE-AKAP for OFWs or the Cash assistance for Displaced OFWs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Response to your request Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request. According to Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is the government agency tasked to implement the DOLE-AKAP for OFWs displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the DOLE by submitting a request to the DOLE via this portal. You may also contact the DOLE by telephone (from fixed line phones) at 1349 or by visiting their website at https://www.dole.gov.ph. 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 at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. 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 M. Pamaloy-Hassan FOI Decision Maker