Department of Tourism

Office 09:36 AM, Jul 11, 2022

11 July 2022

Dear Ms. Villareal,

Thank you for your request dated 11 July 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Agritourism Facilities.

We received your request on 11 July 2022 and will respond on or before 01 August 2022 04:58:25 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Likewise, please be informed that the standard processing period is fifteen (15) working days but it can be extended for another twenty (20) working days for complex requests.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact us using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster04202017173000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0yNzAwMDkwNzc5NTcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-270009077957.

Thank you.

Respectfully yours,


Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer

Service 11:43 AM, Jul 11, 2022

11 July 2022

Dear Ms. Villareal,

We refer to your letter dated 11 July 2022 04:58:25 AM regarding your request  for guidelines for design and planning and possible activities for Agritourism facilities, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Prior to the processing of your request, please ensure that your request is fully compliant with Sections 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual by providing the following:

•Specific reason for, or purpose of, the request for information. Please note that general averments such as “for research”, “for information”, “for legal purposes” or other similarly worded purpose shall NOT be considered to have met the requirements of specificity; - kindly provide additional details on what and how the data will be used i.e name of research/ thesis/ study you are conducting with brief background

•If the requesting party is a natural person who is a member, employee, affiliated with or related to juridical entity, company, or organization, and the request is made not in behalf of such juridical entity, a company, or organization but arises from such membership, affiliation or relation, such other sufficient proof of authority. For example, for an employee or member, a copy of the company or organization I.D.; or for students, a copy of the school I.D., or written indorsement of the supervising teacher, professor, or instructor. Kindly send it via email at foi_dm@tourism.gov.ph.

The Revised DOT FOI Manual is accessible at http://tourism.gov.ph/transparency_seal.aspx

You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0yNzAwMDkwNzc5NTcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-270009077957, 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 Oct 03, 2022 03:38:25 AM, your request will be closed.

We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Dir. Lara Estevez-Austria
DOT FOI Decision Maker

Service 02:07 PM, Jul 15, 2022

15 July 2022

Dear Ms. Villareal,

Thank you for your response dated 15 July 2022 via the eFOI portal, with regard to our request for compliance with Sections 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual.

We would still need to request you to further clarify your request by complying with the above-mentioned Sections for your request to be considered valid FOI request. Kindly provide additional details regarding your research/thesis and provide the proper identification.

You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0yNzAwMDkwNzc5NTcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-270009077957, to respond.

You would still have until 7 October 2022 05:58:55 AM to provide the information.

We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Dir. Lara Estevez-Austria
DOT FOI Decision Maker

Service 02:50 PM, Jun 17, 2023

Jun 17, 2023

Dear Kathleen May,

I refer to my letter of Jul 11, 2022 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Agritourism Facilities. 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 Oct 03, 2022.

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,

Legal Affairs
FOI Officer