Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

6 May 2020 Dear Mr. Arthur Asodisen, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 4 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 for transparency and research: (1) Masterlist of SAP beneficiaries in Brgy. Bitoon, Dumanjug, Cebu together with its status if it was distributed, received or not; and (2) Guidelines that was used to select the said beneficiaries. Response to your request Unfortunately, number (1) is not a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) Request. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request. However, you may 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 your barangay regarding this matter. For number (2), the information you requested is available online. The mother Memorandum Circular (MC) is MC 004, s. 2020 entitled Special Guidelines on the Provision of Social Amelioration Measures by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to the Most Affected Residents of the Areas Under Community Quarantine and Continuation of the Implementation of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens and the Supplementary Feeding Programs and has been amended by MC 005, s. 2020, MC 006, s.2020, MC 007, MC 010, and MC 011 s.2020. You may find them here: MC 004, s. 2020 - https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-004.pdf MC 005, s. 2020 - https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-005.pdf MC 006, s. 2020 - https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-006.pdf MC 007, s. 2020 - https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-007.pdf MC 010, s. 2020 - https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-010.pdf MC 011, s. 2020 - https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-011.pdf Further, MC 009, s. 2020 entitled Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of the Emergency Subsidy Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development streamlined these guidelines and is available at https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-009.pdf Further still, please regularly check the DSWD Issuances webpage, where all future MCs might regarding future amendments regarding the DSWD SAP Guidelines and Qualifications: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/ 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