Department of Budget and Management(DBM-)

January 25, 2018 Dear Athena Lopez Raspado, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 12, 2017 10:58:05 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Guidelines on the Release and Utilization of Tobacco Excise Tax Collections. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested. 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 Dir. Nenita A. Failon. 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, Ria Vicente Bansigan FOI Receiving Officer