National Housing Authority(NHA)

September 11, 2023 Dear Mr. Gonzales: This is in reference to your letter dated August 27, 2023, requesting information on the Manila Seedling Bank property. Our FOI Receiving Officer has requested you submit a letter of endorsement from your College Dean and Subject Professor. However, up to this date we have not received said letter. 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 04, 2023, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Very truly yours, MARICRIS G. MANINIT Head, FOI Compliance and Monitoring Unit Information Chief A, Corporate Planning Department

Nov 22, 2023 Dear Arvin, I refer to my letter of Sep 11, 2023 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Manila Seedling Bank. 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 04, 2023. 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, Maricris FOI Officer