Philippine Information Agency

Aragones 09:29 AM, Oct 14, 2018

October 14, 2018

Dear Jonathan,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 04, 2018 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for I would like to ask the Travel Expenses of Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director-General Mr..

We received your request on Oct 04, 2018 and will respond on or before Oct 25, 2018 07:05:57 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEFBJQS03OTc2NTIyMjQ5NTYM, for request with ticket number #PIA-797652224956.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Liberty Aragones
FOI Officer

Clavite 10:22 AM, Dec 17, 2018

December 17, 2018

Dear Jonathan Japson,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 04, 2018 07:05:57 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for the undersigned's Travel Expenses.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. Information on travel is available in the Philippine Information Agency website which is accessible to the public at any time. However, in relation to expenses, these are submitted to the Commission on Audit (COA) on a regular basis. Should you require copies of the liquidation and expenses report, you might need to contact COA directly.

These frequent travels of the undersigned are beneficial to government and shows the hands-on involvement of the head of agency to all organizational, administrative, planning, and programmatic functions of PIA. At its current set up, there are no middle managers in PIA. Working directly under the supervision of the Director-General are permanent personnel holding Division Chief level positions and functioning as regional heads and central office chiefs. It is necessary for a working head to oversee the work of the whole organization.

In the case of Iligan City, Marawi, and Lanao del Sur, these travels are necessary because of my role as Head of the Information  Management and Strategic Communications Support Group of the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM), as designated by Secretary Martin Andanar and TFBM Chairperson Eduardo del Rosario. I oversee the work of personnel in Iligan and Marawi and attend to relevant meetings with TFBM, national government agencies, and local government units.

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 the undersigned at harold.clavite@pia.gov.ph and copying our FOI Officer, Ms. Liberty Aragones at liberty.aragones@pia.gov.ph. 

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.

Harold Clavite