Department of Tourism(DOT)

August 5, 2021 Dear Mr. Rañada, We refer to your letter dated 04 August 2021 on Guidelines for Convention Centers, made pursuant to Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Prior the processing of your request, please ensure that your request is fully compliant with Section 12.5 of the DOT FOI Manual by providing a valid government I.D. containing the photograph and signature of the requesting party. We have noticed that your passport has already expired. You may send a copy of a valid government ID via email at [email protected]. The DOT FOI Manual is accessible at http://www.tourism.gov.ph/files/DEPARTMENT%20ORDER%202019-115%20FREEDOM%20OF%20INFORMATION%20(FOI)%20MANUAL%2012-05-19.pdf. 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 27 October 2021 10:49:35 PM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

Oct 28, 2021 Dear Allen, I refer to my letter of Aug 05, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Guidelines for Convention Centers. 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 Oct 28, 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, Legal Affairs FOI Officer