Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

December 17, 2019 Dear Juliana Yamsuan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Dec 16, 2019 07:40:27 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for The number of fresh graduates hired in Philippines, NCR, and Manila. Attached is the 2018 annual estimates for the new entrants data generated using the Public Use File (PUF) of Labor Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as the available employment data may only be disaggregated by regional level. Hence, the Bureau could not provide new entrants data for Manila. You may directly coordinate your request to www.psa.gov.ph. 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 Silvestre H. Bello III at electronic mail address [email protected]. 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, John Christopher Lapiz FOI Receiving Officer