Public Attorneys Office(PAO)

June 3, 2019 Dear Roxanne Cristina Cartagena, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 28, 2019 06:43:28 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked the Public Attorney's Office for Statistics relative to the: 1. Number of [Public] Attorneys in National Capital Region and 2. Number of released PDLs. Response to Request The available data are as follows: 1) As of 31 March 2019, there are Three Hundred Thirty Two (332) Public Attorneys in National Capital Region (NCR). 2) As of 31 December 2018, a total of Sixty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Six (69,876) PDLs were released through the assistance of the Public Attorney's Office. 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 the Chief Public Attorney at 5th Floor, DOJ Agencies Building, NIA road corner East Avenue, Diliman, 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, PAO-FOSS-DM PAO FOI Receiving Officer