Department of Finance(DOF)

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The source seems to be from:
http://www.trendingnewsportal.net.ph/2016/09/3500-metric-tons-of-gold-deposited-at-thailand-back-during-administration-of-aquino.html?m=1&utm_source=Viber&utm_medium=Chat&utm_campaign=Private

To quote a part of the Supposed document:
{
CERTIFICATION OF CIRCULAR NO.49
Series of 2014

CONSOLIDATED RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE PRODUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CURRENCY NOTES
}

January 12, 2017

Dear Carl Jason,

Thank you for your request dated Dec 09, 2016 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Treasury Department Circular No. 0049.

We received your request on Dec 09, 2016 and will respond on or before Dec 30, 2016 06:28:54 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://pcoomaster01122017091500-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPRi0zOTg3ODEwODI2MzAM, for request with ticket number #DOF-398781082630.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rhodora Reyes
FOI Officer

[January 24, 2017]

Good day. 

It seems that the response was already well beyond the said deadline of Dec. 30, 2016.

And also, in case that you are not aware, it was recently used for a plunder complaint that was subsequently denied. This was for reasons that it seems to be a fake document. So the request seems to be moot. To quote:

"In an emailed statement, BSP General Counsel Elmore Capule said the circular was fake because the central bank’s circular No. 49 was dated Sept. 20, 1994, and not Dec. 22, 2014."

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/859967/viral-story-gives-aquino-his-first-spurious-plunder-rap
(Published: January 06, 2017 ; Last Accessed: January 24, 2017)

However, for the sake of testing the response of your department, could you provide the original  "Treasury Department Circular No. 0049", dated Sept. 20 1994, as according to BSP General Counsel Elmore Capule?

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Carl Jason Sevilla

January 30, 2017

Dear Carl,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Dec 09, 2016 06:28:54 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Treasury Department Circular No. 0049.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
Angelica Sarmiento
FOI Officer