Department of National Defense(DND)

October 5, 2017 Dear Jefferson Lorenzo, I refer to your letter of Oct 02, 2017 08:32:07 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The statistical information on the condition of the Filipino military soldier. We have received your request for information about the personnel of the AFP. To allow us to properly process the request, we would like to ask for clarifications. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. Firstly, kindly specify the scope of the data you are requesting. in particular, please specify the year(s) covered in your request, as well as the category of the military personnel you are interested to study (active, retired discharged, etc.). Secondly, please include the specific physical and mental health problems of the soldiers you intend to study and compare. We would also like to request for a letter of authorization from your College Dean endorsing your research in order to proceed with the request. Please also note in advance that some information you require may be confidential in nature and cannot be disclosed due to national security concerns. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERORC0xNjIwNDY0NTYyNzQM, for request with ticket number #DND-162046456274, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Dec 28, 2017 06:55:20 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you.

Dec 28, 2017 Dear Jefferson, I refer to my letter of Oct 05, 2017 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The statistical information on the condition of the Filipino military soldier. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Dec 28, 2017. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. 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 or visiting our central office. 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, USEC Ricardo FOI Officer