Requested from UPM by J. Tumang at 02:03 PM on
Oct 23, 2023.
Purpose: Potentially, a Letter to Congress on the Matter
Date of Coverage: 03/04/2012 - 10/23/2023
Tracking no: #UPM-737033823892
Tumang 02:03 PM, Oct 23, 2023
To University of the PH (U.P.)'s PH General Hospital (P.G.H.),
On the rape-kits in these 2012-articles, has the situation changed?
https://news.abs-cbn.com/depth/03/04/12/systemic-silencing-little-incentive-cry-‘rape’
https://news.abs-cbn.com/depth/03/04/12/few-rape-cases-filed-prosper
Here in the U.S., the rape-kit backlog is finally getting addressed, and the numbers are falling…
https://www.endthebacklog.org/#explore_backlog_map
… where I am, too.
https://www.endthebacklog.org/state/north-carolina/
How about in the PH? I can't find any updated info on it.
Thanks!
Best regards,
J.T.
Officer 08:05 AM, Oct 25, 2023
October 25, 2023
Dear Jose-Mari,
Thank you for your request dated Oct 23, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Question to Philippine General Hospital (P.G.H.) on the Situation on Rape-Kits.
We received your request on Oct 23, 2023 and will respond on or before Nov 13, 2023 02:03:54 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://pcoomaster07122019190000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEFVQTS03MzcwMzM4MjM4OTIM, for request with ticket number #UPM-737033823892.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer
Tumang 02:29 PM, Oct 25, 2023
Thanks for accepting! The best to you!
Vice-Chancellor for Administration 09:12 AM, Nov 13, 2023
November 13, 2023
Dear Jose-Mari Tumang,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Oct 23, 2023 02:03:54 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You asked for Question to Philippine General Hospital (P.G.H.) on the Situation on Rape-Kits.
Your FOI request is approved. The Women's Desk of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has prepared the attached reply on the situation of rape kits insofar as the PGH-Women's Desk is concerned. Please note that the PGH-Women's Desk cannot answer for any other agencies in the Philippines who has implemented the use of rape kits.
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 Dr. Michael L. Tee at foirc.upmanila@up.edu.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.
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Decision Maker, Vice-Chancellor for Administration
FOI Receiving Officer
Attachments:
FOI.Response.Tumang.pdf
Tumang 10:07 AM, Nov 13, 2023
Thank you for granting my request, and for the useful, eye-opening information in the letter. I now have this info, and am waiting for info from the P.N.P. (& to some extent, the N.B.I.). Once all the data is accumulated, I will write the Senate about this pressing matter.
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