National Telecommunications Commission(NTC)

June 13, 2019 Dear MARK MARIANO, I refer to my letter of May 30, 2019 09:44:37 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Licensed Frequency Holder from 300MHz to 3GHz. Your FOI request is accepted and it was forwarded to the concern unit. However, upon review of your various requests, we noticed that you failed to submit relevant affiliation from an accredited organization if there is any. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. May we request you to provide us a copy of your research outline and policy development for this commission to identify if your request is permissible for disclosure. We also remind, that your request may possibly fall under R.A. 10173 or "Data Privacy Act of 2012". You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEE5UQy03MTI0ODMxNzQxMzcM, for request with ticket number #NTC-712483174137, to respond. 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 Sep 05, 2019 01:32:20 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Deputy Commissioner Edgardo Cabarios FOI Decision Maker

Sep 05, 2019 Dear MARK, I refer to my letter of Jun 13, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Licensed Frequency Holder from 300MHz to 3GHz. 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 Sep 05, 2019. 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, Deputy Commissioner Edgardo FOI Officer