National Archives of the Philippines(NAP)

March 20, 2019 Dear Erlan Demate, I refer to my letter of Mar 20, 2019 12:30:47 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Marriage contract. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. Kindly fill-up the forms provided in the link for marriage record. http://nationalarchives.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NAP-Form-16-Request-for-Marriage-Record_.pdf You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEE5BUC01NzAwMTY3NjI2NDcM, for request with ticket number #NAP-570016762647, 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 12, 2019 12:21:51 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Maita Abunales FOI Officer

April 8, 2019 Dear Erlan Demate, I refer to my letter of Mar 20, 2019 12:30:47 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Marriage contract. Kindly be informed that in order for us to facilitate research on the marriage record of Felimon Demate and Emilia Rosales you need to provide us their exact date of marriage. Marriage records on file with us for Kawayan, Leyte covers the years 1922 to 1931. Also, we do our research manually which will make search for records without an exact date impossible. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster11022017130000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEE5BUC01NzAwMTY3NjI2NDcM, for request with ticket number #NAP-570016762647, 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 Jul 01, 2019 02:54:44 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Maita Abunales FOI Officer

Jun 12, 2019 Dear Erlan, I refer to my letter of Mar 20, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Marriage contract. 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 12, 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, Maita FOI Officer