Office of Civil Defense(OCD)

February 26, 2020 Dear Loryjean Canillo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 05, 2020 12:56 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for the Reported deaths due to Tropical Cyclones. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. For item No.1, I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. You may get the data for 2019-2020 at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s Website (ndrrmc.gov.ph). For item No.2, deaths caused by flood and heavy rainfall in Metro Manila Cities are attributed to its related weather disturbance, thus are already included in the Situational Reports of Tropical Cyclones and Monsoons. The said reports can also be downloaded at the aforementioned website. 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 Undersecretary Ricardo B. Jalad via email at [email protected]/ [email protected]. 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 Maker FOI Receiving Officer