Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

Dear Mr. Del Rosario: Greetings! Thank you for your request for information on: 1.) The updated number of unemployed citizens in all six provinces of the Bicol region, and 2.) The unemployment rate (in %) in the Bicol region from 2016-2021 filed in this portal on 06/10/2022 9:36 PM. We will respond on or before Oct 27, 2022 09:36 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURPTEUtNDI2MTM2NDc1ODMxDA, for request with ticket number #DOLE-426136475831. Thank you. Respectfully, RIZALIZ A. VARGAS FOI Receiving Officer DOLE RO5

October 25, 2022 Dear Christus Leo Del Rosario, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 06, 2022 09:36:43 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You requested for the following data: 1. Updated number of unemployed citizens in the six (6) provinces of Bicol Region; and 2. Unemployment rate (in %) in the Bicol Region from 2016 to 2021. Your FOI request is approved. Attached is the reply signed by our Regional Director with the updated report on the unemployed citizens in the Bicol Region which was generated from the Public Employment Information System (PEIS) being maintained by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) thru the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE). Likewise, the data on the unemployment rate from the 2016-2021 was derived from the Labor Force Survey of the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) which is available online at https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-force/. 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 Ma. Zenaida A. Angara-Campita, Regional Director, Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office No. 5 or at email 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. Further, please help us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by accomplishing the DOLE RO5 FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: https://bit.ly/3MB8I4B. Thank you. Respectfully, Rizaliz A. Vargas FOI Receiving Officer