Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration(PAGASA)

Hi Sir, Good day! In order for us to work further on your request, we need you to send a formal request letter stating the purpose of your request and is addressed to Dr. Vicente B. Malano, PAGASA Administrator and also a copy of your thesis/research proposal. Also, kindly accomplish the attached terms and conditions of use for climatological data. You can send the documents to this email address, [email protected]. Regards, PAGASA-FOI

Apr 14, 2020 Dear Melito, I refer to my letter of Jan 21, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of typhoons for the last ten (10) years. 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 14, 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, FOI Decision FOI Officer