Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

I would like to get a copy because my family and relatives didnt get any assistance and they are qualified to receive as they are part of 4ps

May 8, 2020

Dear Marvin,

Thank you for your request dated May 07, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for SAP BENEFICIARIES FOR BAGUIO CITY AND Solsona Ilocos norte.

We received your request on May 07, 2020 and will respond on or before Jul 30, 2020 05:32:11 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://zcwdv420190208-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNjI5MzgwODUwMDEzDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-629380850013.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

11 May 2020


Dear Mr. Marvin Lagdao,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 7 May 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) Copy of the list of SAP Beneficiaries in Baguio City and Solsona, Ilocos Norte for verification of beneficiaries because your family and relatives didn’t get any assistance and they are qualified to receive as they are part of 4Ps.

Response to your request

Unfortunately, this is not a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) Request. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

Memorandum Circular No. 10, series of 2020, entitled Amendments to Memorandum Circular No. 05, series of 2020 on the Provision of Social Amelioration to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) available at https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-010.pdf provides in (6) that 4Ps households, especially those with cash cards, shall therefore receive the emergency subsidy in full amount as top-up to their cash grants and rice subsidies. They will no longer be required to fill out Social Amelioration Cards and will no longer be eligible to receive other forms of assistance under DSWD and DOLE.

Thus, you may advise them to check the balances of their cash cards, if they have one, or check if the SAP emergency subsidy is included in their next pay-out.

However, you may still 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.

As to the publication of names, the Department of Interior and Local Government has already ordered each barangay to publish the SAP beneficiaries. Thus, you could inquire at the respective barangays in Baguio City and Solsona, Ilocos Norte barangay in Baregarding this matter.

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