Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

July 7, 2023 Dear Clarisse Jean Baar, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 30, 2023 01:44:17 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Percentage Rate of Child Labor in the Philippines per Region 1990-2022. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested: https://bwsc.dole.gov.ph/programs-and-projects/clpep/wcp-cl-profiling-portal.html https://batangmalaya.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PSA-Special-Release-on-Working-Children-and-Child-Labor-Situation_2019-2020.pdf https://batangmalaya.ph/resources/researches-and-publications/ 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 Bienvenido E. Laguesma at DOLE Building, Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila. 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). Help us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by accomplishing the DOLE-FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: bit.ly/DOLE-FOIFeedbackForm. Thank you so much and keep safe! Respectfully, Zyra Glerica E. Perlora FOI Receiving Officer