Philippine Veterans Affairs Office(PVAO)

June 24, 2021 Dear MARY JOY PADILLA, I refer to my letter of Jun 22, 2021 02:49:52 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for REQUEST FOR THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LICENSED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. Following this, may we request a letter addressed to MS. MARICIEL E. ESTACIO, MNSA, Chief, Human Resource Development Division, stating your need for the data of Licensed Health Professionals in PVAO and your purpose for the said request. Once this is answered, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office will coordinate with you soon once finished. Should you have further clarifications, you may call the Public Affairs Office at 8912-4728. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Sep 16, 2021 08:27:15 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Diane Joyce Querimit FOI Officer

Sep 16, 2021 Dear MARY JOY, I refer to my letter of Jun 24, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for REQUEST FOR THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LICENSED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. 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 Sep 16, 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, Diane Joyce FOI Officer