National Conciliation and Mediation Board(NCMB)

March 29, 2019 Dear Roben Casalda, I refer to my letter of Feb 06, 2019 03:57:18 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of union who filed notice of strike and actual strike in 2018. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. While we can provide the statistics on a per year and per region basis, the data on Unions who filed the notice of strike are confidential in nature. In particular, it would be helpful to know the specific purpose for which the data from NCMB will be used in order to proceed with request. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEU5DTUItNjkxNDE3MjUyMDIxDA, for request with ticket number #NCMB-691417252021, 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 Jun 21, 2019 08:46:37 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, OIC-Deputy Executive Director Teresita Audea FOI Officer

Jun 21, 2019 Dear Roben, I refer to my letter of Mar 29, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of union who filed notice of strike and actual strike in 2018. 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 Jun 21, 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, OIC-Deputy Executive Director Teresita FOI Officer