Home Development Mutual Fund/Pag-IBIG Fund(HDMF)

01 June 2021 Dear MS. KOLEEN SINAMBAN, This refers to your eFOI request received on 21 May 2021 sent to the eFOI portal of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Fund) wherein you requested for a virtual interview with an authorized representative to discuss how the Fund plans its projects and how it implements the same especially during the pandemic. You stated that submission of interview questionnaires to the authorized representative who shall answer the same in written format may also be utilized. According to you, the information to be collected will be used in a research paper you are conducting. May we clarify the particular research or specific subject you are seeking for us to determine whether the information you will be asking can be disclosed to the public or whether it involves matters of public concern. In addition, kindly submit the following: 1. A copy of your school ID; and 2. An endorsement of your request using your school letterhead duly signed by your College Dean. This is necessary for our records purposes that it is an official activity sanctioned by your university. Kindly send the scanned copy of your school ID and said endorsement to [email protected]. Thank you. Very truly yours, ATTY. MARCIAL C. PIMENTEL, JR. Head, Compliance Office and Vice President, Legal and General Counsel Group

Aug 24, 2021 Dear Koleen, I refer to my letter of Jun 01, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Pag-IBIG's Planning and Implementation process. 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 Aug 24, 2021. 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, Atty. Marcial FOI Officer