Department of Agrarian Reform(DAR)

November 27, 2019 Dear Kristel Anne Paredes, I refer to my letter of Nov 10, 2018 03:51:49 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries who availed APCP from 2012-2018. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. We would like to know if you still need the requested data as of the moment. In particular, it would be helpful to know when do you need the information since we observe the bank secrecy law and LandBank is our partner in the credit provision of the program so we will be needing to clarify some information about this. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERBUi00NTQ1MTc5NDcxMjUM, for request with ticket number #DAR-454517947125, 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 Feb 19, 2020 03:42:50 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, DARBureau of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development (BARBD) Decision Maker FOI Officer

Feb 19, 2020 Dear Kristel Anne, I refer to my letter of Nov 27, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries who availed APCP from 2012-2018. 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 Feb 19, 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, DARBureau of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development (BARBD) FOI Officer