Published by Department of Transportation(DOTr) on Jan. 4, 2020.
Requested from DOTr by J. Torrejas at 05:00 PM on
Jan. 4, 2020.
Purpose: Background and History Searching
Date of Coverage: 01/01/1998 - 07/20/2000
Tracking no: #DOTr-445524219899
J.TORREJAS
Jan. 4, 2020, 5 p.m.
Hi! I'm Justin Joe Torrejas from Philippine Association of Railway Enthusiasts. I would like to request these following MRT-3-related documents, which will be used for educational purposes.
a.) Photos and videos of the MRT-3 system taken during its construction and commissioning period in 1998, until its inauguration in December 30, 1999 and July 20, 2000.
Rest assured that the following documents that I've requested will be not used further than the indicated and promised usage. Thank you.
D.DOTR
Jan. 14, 2020, 10 a.m.
Good Day,,
Per memorandum released by our Legal Affairs Office last 24 August 2018, any person who request information or documents in DOTr via the eFOI portal should "reasonably describe the information requested, and the reason for, or purpose of, the request for information." This also in accordance to E.O No. 2, s. 2016.
In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. Please state from what school you are, what is the purpose of the request, and to what extent you will use the information that you are requesting.
Thank you.
J.TORREJAS
Jan. 14, 2020, 11:31 a.m.
I'm very sorry if I can't provide any details about my school, as I'm currently out-of-school for months now.
The reason why I stated "for educational purposes" in my previous request was because of my intention to educate myself and the members who joined my self-established railfan groups called Philippine Association of Railway Enthusiasts (PARE) and Metro Rail Transit Friends Club, about the history of the MRT-3 system. Both groups do have a functioning Facebook group pages, which currently have hundreds of members.
I can assure that once I've received the documents that I requested will be NOT abused and used further than the indicated extent of usage. Hope my request gets approved. Thank you very much again, FOI.
D.DOTR
April 9, 2020, 7:33 a.m.
Apr 08, 2020
Dear Justin Joe,
I refer to my letter of Jan 14, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Multimedia Files of MRT-3 During the Construction, Commissioning, and Inauguration. 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 Apr 07, 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,
DOTR-DM
FOI Officer
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