Department of Tourism(DOT)

March 26, 2020 Dear Princess cecille Asecate, We refer to your letter of Mar 25, 2020 09:57:09 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Research papers about Medical tourism in the Philippines. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. In particular, it would be helpful to know the specific/exact information that you wish to request with the specific/exact covered period (2015-2016, 2015-2017, 2015-2018, etc.). You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster101018130000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0zNjg0NTkyMzY2NTEM, for request with ticket number #DOT-368459236651, to respond. 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 Jun 23, 2020 11:16:20 PM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Legal Affairs Service DOT FOI Decision Maker

March 26, 2020 Dear Princess cecille Asecate, Thank you for your response dated Mar 26,2020, with regard to our letter regarding clarifying your request on Research papers about Medical tourism in the Philippines, dated Mar 26, 2020 07:25 AM. We would still need to request you to further clarify your request. Kindly provide us the specific/exact information/topic regarding medical tourism that you wish to request (e.g. list/number of DOT-accredited establishments related to medical tourism) . You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://portalaudit20180803v2-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0zNjg0NTkyMzY2NTEM, for request with ticket number #DOT-368459236651, to respond. You would still have until Jun 23, 2020 05:17:54 AM to provide the information. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Legal Affairs Service DOT FOI Decision Maker

Jun 17, 2020 Dear Princess cecille, I refer to my letter of Mar 26, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Research papers about Medical tourism in the Philippines. 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 Jun 18, 2020. 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, Legal Affairs FOI Officer