Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Good day.,my DOLE AKAP application is approved since April 27 2020 and until now no respond of them.thank you for quick response.

February 1, 2021

Dear Rex,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 30, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for OWWA BY REX CASTILLO.

We received your request on Jan 30, 2021 and will respond on or before Feb 19, 2021 10:10:20 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtOTgxMzIxODUzNjE4DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-981321853618.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

2 February 2021


Dear Mr. Rex Castillo,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 30 January 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested information on the following: (1) Follow-up of your DOLE-AKAP application. According to you, your application was approved on 27 April 2020 but until now there has been no response.

Response to your request

Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

According to Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is the government agency tasked to implement the DOLE-AKAP for OFWs displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the DOLE by submitting a request to the DOLE via this portal. You may also contact the DOLE by telephone (from fixed line phones) at 1349 or by visiting their website at https://www.dole.gov.ph.

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 Secretary ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. 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,

Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan
FOI Decision Maker