Department of Agriculture(DA)

August 25, 2020 Dear Rion Cairus Reyes, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 25, 2020 11:48:02 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Joint DA-DENR General Memorandum Order No. 3, series of 1991. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Please note that the information you have requested is already in our archives and it will take time to retrieve the data. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. In particular, it would be helpful to know the title or the subject of the requested Joint Circular. To help you in your research, please contact our Records Division at (02) 8920-1815 or (02) 8928-8741 to 64 loc. 2829/2830/2831 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 William D. Dar. 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, AFID FOI Receiving Officer

Nov 17, 2020 Dear Rion Cairus, I refer to my letter of Aug 25, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Joint DA-DENR General Memorandum Order No. 3, series of 1991. 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 17, 2020. 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, FOI Decision FOI Officer