Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

October 5, 2020 Dear JOJO DE QUITO, I refer to my letter of Sep 15, 2020 05:22:01 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of companies in NCR who filed for retrenchment in 2019. We would like to inform you that the Names of Companies who file for retrenchment cannot be disclosed due to data privacy. We can only provide you the Number of Companies/How many filed for retrenchment. Should you wish to know the number of companies/how many filed, please reply through the link below. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURPTEUtMDU1MzM5MjY1NjE0DA, for request with ticket number #DOLE-055339265614, 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 Dec 28, 2020 02:40:24 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, JAN MARION BENEDICT A. REPAREJO FOI Officer

Dec 28, 2020 Dear JOJO, I refer to my letter of Oct 05, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of companies in NCR who filed for retrenchment in 2019. 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 Dec 28, 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, Nelie FOI Officer