National Telecommunications Commission(NTC)

August 5, 2020 Dear Dan Mejes, I refer to my letter of May 19, 2020 06:17:54 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of VAS Providers relevant to Memorandum Circular 8-9-95. Due to the present pandemic situation and the work-arrangement of the employees concerned, we encountered a sort of problem in responding to your request. However, may we request you to please file a new request in our portal and ensure to observe FOI exemptions listed in the FOI People's Manual. Rest assured that we will try our very best to provide your request as long as it is available and acceptable for disclosure to the public. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster11222017150000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEE5UQy05NDc4MDQwMDU5MjEM, for request with ticket number #NTC-947804005921, 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 Oct 28, 2020 05:59:22 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Deputy Commissioner Edgardo Cabarios Decision Maker

Oct 28, 2020 Dear Dan, I refer to my letter of Aug 05, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of VAS Providers relevant to Memorandum Circular 8-9-95. 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 Oct 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, Deputy Commissioner Edgardo FOI Officer