Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

5 September 2020 Dear Mr. Leneth Joram Bantog, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 2 July 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested information on the following: (1) Inquiry if Barangay Banaban, Angat, Bulacan will still receive the 2nd tranche of SAP. Response to your request Yes, Bulacan which is in Region III will still receive the 2nd tranche of SAP. According to PNP-DILG-DBM-DOLE-DSWD-DA-DTI-DOF-DND-AFP Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2, series of 2020 available at https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2020/06jun/20200609-JOINT-MEMORANDUM-CIRCULAR-NO-2-S-2020.pdf, the SAP for the 2nd tranche will be provided to the family-beneficiaries of the first tranche that are still under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) such as: a. Per Executive Order No. 112, series of 2020: (i) National Capital Region; (ii) Region III, except Aurora; (iii) Region IV-A; (iv) Benguet; (v) Pangasinan; (vi) Iloilo; (vii) Cebu Province; (viii) Bacolod and (ix) Davao City; and b. Per Memorandum from the Office of the Executive Secretary dated 02 May 2020: (i) Albay; and (ii) Zamboanga City. In addition, 5 million waitlisted family-beneficiaries shall also be provided with emergency subsidy, subject to the limitations under the Memorandum from the Office of the Executive Secretary dated 22 May 2020 cited above, as appreciated by the IATF-EID, to wit: a. Only the 3.5 million additional beneficiaries who are under ECQ – as applied in this JMC – will be given two (2) counts of emergency subsidy. b. The remaining additional beneficiaries will be given only one (1) count of emergency subsidy. You may also contact the DSWD Social Amelioration Program Hotline Numbers at telephone number 16545 or by cellular phones through calling 09474822864 (Smart), 09162471194 (Globe) or 09329333251 (Sun) or texting 09189122813 or by e-mail at [email protected] to inquire about your concerns and/or report irregularities about the Social Amelioration Program brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. 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. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan FOI Decision Maker