LLDA Peoples' Freedom of Information Manual

November 2016

LLDA PEOPLES' FREEDOM OF INFORMATION MANUAL

MESSAGE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER

"The freedom of a nation cannot be upheld by laws alone, but also by the light of the nation and knowledge of their use." Anders Chydenius, 1763

We live in a time of unprecedented access to information. As a staunch believer of the power that proper education provides individuals, I am filled with hope seeing how the advent of the digital age empowers people of all classes. Technology has not only made it more efficient and affordable for audiences to access information needed, but has also made it easier for those who already have the information to better curate and disseminate them. Whole books, dissertations, and scholarly articles have been sorted in databases and catalogs both online and in physical libraries and are now easily searchable; snippets of information such as quotes, short exchanges, and unfinished manuscripts which may otherwise have been lost before are now part of curated inventories owing to the changing technology and also the habits of people. No longer is there a huge limit on the broadcasting of information. The model has changed from a dichotomy of those holding information on one side, and those merely receiving the information on the other side. Now, there is a dialogue. No longer are the masses merely receiving the information; everyone has the power to filter, analyze, and to create information as well.

"We must never forget that the free flow of information is essential to a democratic society." Bill Clinton, 2000.

A well-known proverb states that knowledge is power. Executive Order No. 02, s. 2016, issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 2016, empowers the masses with knowledge to form intelligent opinions and act accordingly. While true, John Dalberg-Acton cautions us that "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." In turn, the said Executive Order has provisions for restrictions on the types of information that may be shared by agencies and bureaus. As a public institution the Laguna Lake Development Authority fully commits to transparent, prompt, and efficient disposition and management of information in accordance with law and relevant policies.

J.R. NEREUS O. ACOSTA, PhDGeneral Manager

DEFINITION OF TERMS

For the purpose of this Manual, the following terms shall mean:

 

Academic Researchers	refer to students of schools, colleges, or universities, including persons completing their theses, dissertations, research papers, among others, as part of academic requirements, who are requesting for access to or disclosure of information.
	Academic researchers shall also include those persons who are employed, in full-time status, in schools, colleges or universities and are conducting research-related activities for non-profit purposes.
Confidential Records	refer to information the unauthorized disclosure of which is prejudicial to the interest of LLDA, the national government, or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or any government activity(ies), including those that may cause administrative embarrassment or unwarranted injury to the Authority or violation of the constitutional rights of a person, whether natural or juridical.
General Public	Refers to classification given to information available for disclosure to or access by the public without need of payment of necessary fees. It shall also refer to information are regularly disclosed or distributed through corporate website, annual reports, brochures, pamphlets, and other analogous medium.
	Examples of such information are: water quality data readily available in annual reports and corporate website; laws, rules, and regulations that are posted in corporate website; other information that are readily available at the library, printed materials, and other similar analogous information or material.
Information	refer to any records, documents, papers, reports, letters, contracts, minutes and transcripts of official meetings, maps, books, photographs, data, research materials, films, sound and video recording, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data, computer stored data, any other like or similar data or materials recorded, stored or archived in whatever format, whether offline or online, which are made, received, or kept in or under the control and custody of any government office pursuant to law, executive order, and rules and regulations or in connection with the performance or transaction of official business by any government office.
Institutional	refer to organizations, whether private or public, who are requesting for access to or disclosure of information for non-profit or profit purposes.
Limited Public	Refers to classification given to information that may be disclosed to or accessed by the public upon payment of appropriate amount to the Authority.
	Examples of such information are data regarding water level, water quality, water quantity, among others, that are not readily available in corporate website, annual reports, printed materials, and other analogous medium.
Official record/records	refer to information produced or received by a public officer or employee, or by a government office in an official capacity or pursuant to a public function or duty.
Personal Information	Refer to any information, whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual.
Public Records	Refer to information required by laws, executive orders, rules, or regulations to be entered, kept and made publicly available by a government office.
	For purposes of this Manual, it shall be categorized as either "Limited Public Circulation" or "General Public Circulation."
Requesting Party/	refers to person or group of persons requesting for disclosure and/or access to information and official records.
	A requesting party may be classified as academic researcher, institutional researcher or concerned citizen.
Sensitive Personal	refers to personal information, as defined in the Data Privacy Act of 2012: a. About an individual race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and religious philosophical or political affiliations; b. About an individual health, education, genetic or sexual life of a person, or to any proceedings for any offense committed or alleged to have committed by such person, the disposal of such proceedings or the sentence of any court in such proceedings; c. Issued by government agencies peculiar to an individual which includes, but not limited to, social security numbers, previous or current health records, licenses or its denial, suspensions or revocation, and tax returns; and d. Specifically established by an executive order or an act of Congress to be kept classified.

 

LIST OF ACRONYMS

 

Acronym		Meaning
BOD	-	Board of Directors
CD-R	-	Compact Disk-Writable
CD-RW	-	Compact Disk-Rewritable
GR	-	General Resolution
LLDA	-	Laguna Lake Development Authority
OGM	-	Office of the General Manager
PIU	-	Public Information Unit
RA	-	Republic Act
RU	-	Records Unit
SCRA	-	Supreme Court Report Annotated

 

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

DESCRIPTION

Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is a government instrumentality with corporate powers. Established in 1966, through RA No. 4850, as amended, its geographical mandate covers the Provinces of Laguna and Rizal; Tanauan City, Sto. Tomas, and Malvar in the Province of Batangas; Silang, Carmona, General Mariano Alvarez, and Tagaytay City in the Province of Cavite; Lucban, Quezon; cities of Taguig, Caloocan, Pasig, Quezon, Pasay, Muntinlupa, Manila, and Marikina, and Municipality of Pateros, all in Metro Manila.

LLDA is located inside the National Ecology Center, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. It does not maintain any sub-offices or branches.

It is the owner of the 1st Green Building of the Philippine Government rated as energy-efficient, climate-smart, ecologically-adaptive and occupant-friendly. The Design Certification (2-stars) was awarded by the Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence (BERDE), in conjunction with the Green Buildings Council of the Philippines.

MANDATE

LLDA is mandated:

"To promote, and accelerate the development and balanced growth of the Laguna Lake area and the surrounding provinces, cities and towns hereinafter referred to as the region, within the context of the national and regional plans and policies for social and economic development and to carry out the development of the Laguna Lake region with due regard and adequate provisions for environmental management and control, preservation of the quality of human life and ecological systems, and the prevention of undue ecological disturbances, deterioration and pollution." (Sec. 1, Chapter 1, RA 4850, as amended)

VISION

The vision of LLDA is:

"By 2020, the Laguna de Bay Basin has been transformed as the focal center for sustainable development through sound ecological governance."

MISSION

The Mission of LLDA is as follows:

"To catalyze a climate change-sensitive Integrated Watershed Resource Management in the Laguna de Bay Region, with clear focus in preserving ecological integrity and promoting sustainable economic growth."

PERFORMANCE PLEDGE

The Performance Pledge of LLDA is as follows:

"We, the officials and employees of Laguna Lake Development Authority, commits to:

Love to serve you promptly, efficiently, and with utmost courtesy by our dedicated personnel with proper identification from Mondays to Fridays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;

Listen to your needs through our public assistance and complaint desk and TXT LLDA (0917 898-5538) and respond to your complaints about our services within the day;

Develop a transparent system that will serve our stakeholders to the highest standards and eradicate corruption; and

Adhere to the highest standards of government service."

QUALITY POLICY

The following is the Quality Policy of the Authority:

"As the only lake basin Authority in the country and a member of the International Living Lakes Network, we commit to:

Lead the sustainable development in the Laguna de Bay Region through effective and strict enforcement of water resources management laws;

Lead and continually improve our service delivery systems based on a certified quality management system for the satisfaction and trust of our stakeholders;

Develop and implement empirically-driven and science-based processes and decisions;

Adhere to legal requirements and other policies that serve to maintain the highest standards of the civil service.

"Ibalik ang Diwa ng Lawa"

CORE VALUES

The Core Values are the following:

 

Love of the Environment	-	We are foremost advocate of environmental protection and sustainable development in this day and age of climate change
Leadership/Professionalism	-	We adhere to the highest standards of civil service and professional meritocracy
Disciplined/Science-Driven	-	We believe in empirically-driven and science-based environmental governance and management
Adaptability/Innovativeness	-	We believe in change management and the value of innovation and creativity

 

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND STATUTORY PRINCIPLES OF DISCLOSURE AND/OR ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN

The grant or denial for request for disclosure and/or access to information shall be anchored on the following constitutional and statutory provisions.

a. Section 28 of Article II, Declaration of Principles and State Policies of the 1987 Constitution states:

"Section 28. Subject to reasonable conditions prescribed by law, the State adopts and implements a policy of full public disclosure of all its transactions involving public interest."

b. Section 7 of Article III, Bill of Rights of the same Constitution provides:

"SEC. 7. The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law."

c. Rule IV, Transparency of Transaction and Access to Information of RA No. 6713, ("Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees) reiterates the State policy of full public disclosure of all its transactions involving public interest.

The same Rule also mandates the provision of official information, records or documents to any requesting public, except if:

• such information, record or document must be kept secret in the interest of national defense or security or the conduct of foreign affairs;

• such disclosure would put the life and safety of an individual in imminent danger;

• the information, record or document sought falls within the concepts of established privilege or recognized exceptions as may be provided by law or settled policy or jurisprudence;

• such information, record or document comprises drafts of decisions, orders, rulings, policy decisions, memoranda, etc.;

• it would disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;

• it would disclose investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes or information which if written would be contained in such records, but only to the extent that the production of such records or information would (i) interfere with enforcement proceedings, (ii) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (iii) disclose the identity of a confidential source and in the case of a record compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, confidential information furnished only by the confidential source, or (iv) unjustifiably disclose investigative techniques and procedures;

• it would disclose information the premature disclosure of which would (i) in the case of a department, office or agency which agency regulates currencies, securities, commodities, or financial institutions, be likely to lead to significant financial speculation in currencies, securities, or commodities, or significantly endanger the stability of any financial institution; or (ii) in the case of any department, office or agency be likely or significantly to frustrate implementation of a proposed official action, except that subparagraph (f) (ii) shall not apply in any instance where the department, office or agency has already disclosed to the public the content or nature of its proposed action, or where the department, office or agency is required by law to make such disclosure on its own initiative prior to taking final official action on such proposal.

d. In Valmonte v. Belmonte (170 SCRA 256, G.R. No. 74930 February 13, 1989), the High Court declared that:

• the right to information on matters of public concern is applicable and enforceable against a government-owned corporation. Such corporation cannot invoke the right to privacy, a right available only to individuals.

• the Constitution does not accord them [requesting party] the right to compel custodians of official records to prepare lists, abstracts, summaries, and the like in their desire to acquire information on matters of public concern.

e. Corollary, in Legaspi v. Civil Service Commission (150 SCRA 530, G.R. No. 72119 May 29, 1987), the Supreme Court stated that:

• Information of public concern is a demandable right. Government officials have no discretion whether or not to release the information. They can only prescribe the manner by which the right can be exercised, such as, for example, that it can be secured only during office hours. However, this right admits of exceptions such as when the information requested is a matter of national security.

• The constitutional guarantee to information on matters of public concern is not absolute. It is still "subject to limitations as may be provided by law."

• Two requisites must first be fulfilled in order for the right to information to be enforceable, these are: (i) the information sought is of public concern or one that involves public interest; and (ii) it is not exempted by law from the operation of the constitutional guarantee.

f. Section 11 of Executive Order No. 02, s. 2016, the Authority is not required to act upon an unreasonable subsequent, identical or substantially similar request from the same requesting party whose request has already been previously granted or denied by the Authority. 1

POLICY GUIDELINES

GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. The Authority recognizes the constitutional right of the public (internal and external stakeholders) to access information on matters of public concern, subject to limitations imposed by laws, rules and regulations.

2. As such, it shall regularly disclose, in prescribed manner, timely, true, accurate, and updated information including, but not limited to the following:

a. information enumerated in Section 25 of RA No. 10149; 2 Section 43 of GCG Memorandum Circular No. 2012-07; 3 LLDA Manual of Corporate Governance; 4

a. n  issuances prescribing policies, rules and regulations, and procedures promulgated pursuant to law, applicable to individuals and organizations outside the Authority and designed to supplement provisions of the law or to provide means for carrying them out, including information relating thereto;

b. Current statistical data; and

c. Information affecting the rights and obligations of its internal and external stakeholders.

3. The processing and release of sensitive personal information shall be prohibited, unless allowed under Republic Act 10173, "An Act Protecting Individual Personal Information in Information and Communications Systems in the Government and the Private Sector, Creating for this Purpose a National Privacy Commission, and for Other Purposes."

4. Information and official records shall be classified either as (i) Confidential; or (ii) Public Records.

5. Information and official records classified as "confidential" shall not be accessed, examined, reproduced or disclosed without first securing the necessary security clearances prescribed by existing laws, rules and regulations.

6. Information and public records shall either be classified as "General Public Circulation" or "Limited Public Circulation."

Information classified as "general public circulation" are readily available through corporate website, annual reports, brochures, pamphlets, and other analogous medium.

On the other hand, information classified as "limited public circulation" may be disclosed to or access by the public upon payment of appropriate amount to the LLDA Cashier.

7. The classification of information and public records shall be the responsibility of the Head of Department or Division, who has physical control of such information or official records, subject to the approval of the Head of the Authority.

REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RECORDS

8. All requests for disclosure of and/or access to information or public records shall be in writing and prescribed form (LLDA-PIU-Form 07). It may be delivered to the Authority through any of the following means: (a) personal delivery; (b) registered mail; (c) courier services; (d) electronic mail; and (e) facsimile machine.

9. All requests shall be addressed to the Head of the Authority. In case such written request is addressed to a person other than Head of the Authority, the addressee shall forward the same to the latter for his/her appropriate action.

Also, such requests shall be stamped by the Records Unit, indicating the date and time of receipt and the name, position, and signature of the receiving officer or employee.

10. The request shall state the name and contact information of the requesting party, description of the information or public records requested, and the reason for, or purpose of, the request for information. Said request shall be supported with the photocopy of a valid and current government or company identification card of the requesting party.

11. The minimum signatory requirements for the requesting party shall be as follows:

 

Requesting Party	Signatory
Institutional researcher	Head of company or equivalent
Academic researchers	Researcher; and Thesis or Dissertation Adviser or Dean or equivalent
Others	Requesting party

 

ACCESS, EXAMINATION, OR REPRODUCTION OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RECORDS

12. Access to, examination, or reproduction of public records, documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as data used as basis for policy development, among others, shall be regulated to:

a. Prevent disruption of the delivery of public services by the Authority;

b. Avoid unjustified interruption of the functions of the records custodians and other concerned employees; and

c. Protect the rights of persons or group of persons to whom requests for access or disclosure by interested parties are directed from coercion, harassment, bullying and any and all forms of abuse.

13. To prevent unintended damage to or loss of information and public records pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, the same shall be accessed, examined, or photocopied within the plain view, control and supervision of the concerned records custodian.

14. Requesting party shall be reminded that they cannot "compel custodians of official records to prepare lists, abstracts, summaries and the like in their desire to acquire information on matters of public concern" (Valmonte, et al. vs. Belmonte, G.R. No. 74930, February 13, 1989).

15. In order to protect the integrity of information and public records that are stored in computer system or database, only the custodian of such information or public records shall be allowed to data mine or retrieve needed information or official records.

16. Flash disk, memory card, and other similar removable storage devices of the requesting party shall not be inserted in the universal serial board (USB) slot of the computer system or database where such information are stored, unless such removable storage device has been determined to be free from viruses, worms, trojan horses, and other malicious computer programs using licensed and updated anti-virus software installed in the said computer system or database.

Otherwise, such information or public records shall be transmitted to the requesting party through electronic mail or recordable compact disk i.e., CR-R or CD-RW.

APPROVED REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

17. Acknowledgement letters or its equivalent stating the grant of disclosure to and/or access to information should contain the following:

• Decision to grant the request for disclosure and/or access to information;

• Amount of fees to be paid to the LLDA Cashier, if necessary;

• Estimated number of days, reckoned from the date of payment, when the information will be available; and

• Other information that may be deemed necessary.

Such letter shall be communicated to the requesting party within fifteen (15) working days from receipt of request for disclosure of and/or access to information.

The means for communication may be any or combination of the following:

• Registered mail.

• Electronic mail.

• Telephone.

• Facsimile.

• TXT LLDA.

DISAPPROVED REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

18. The Authority shall deny, wholly or partially, all requests for disclosure and/or access to information when the same falls within the prohibitions herein indicated.

As such, the Letter of Denial shall contain the (i) ground/s for denial; and (ii) circumstances on which the denial is based.

It shall be communicated to the requesting party within fifteen (15) working days from receipt of request for disclosure and/or access to information.

19. All denied request/s for information together with its supporting documents shall be archived following prescribed records management guidelines.

ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS

20. Upon completion and acceptance of the academic researcher's thesis, dissertation, research paper, among others, academic researchers are requested to immediately provide a copy of such research output to the Authority.

21. Failure to do so, the Authority shall inform, in writing, through PIU, the concerned institution of the researcher's failure to comply with the preceding requirement and direct the said institution to ensure compliance therewith.

22. The use of the following disclaimer or similar statement in all theses, dissertations, research papers, among others, shall be requested to be inserted in its abstract or equivalent section.

"Research materials include information, official records, and/or public records provided by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA). LLDA disclaims responsibility or liability for analyses, interpretations or conclusions that have been made out of the information, official records, and/or public records thus provided."

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCHERS

23. Institutional researchers may provide the Authority copy of the reports, plans, and other similar printed materials containing information that were provided by the Authority.

24. They are also requested to indicate the following disclaimer or similar statement in all reports, plans, and other printed materials to be inserted in its appropriate section.

"Some of the information contained were provided by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA). LLDA disclaims responsibility or liability for analyses, interpretations or conclusions that have been made out of the information, official records, and/or public records thus provided."

AGREEMENT FOR ACCESS TO AND USE OF INFORMATION

25. As a pre-condition for the access, examination, or reproduction of information and public records, requesting parties are required to sign and submit the Agreement for Access to and Use of Information, prescribed by the Authority.

26. The head of department/division/office/unit in custody of the requested information shall affix his/her initial to the signatory portion.

PERIOD OF ACTION

27. The relevant period of action are as follows:

 

Activity	Deadline
Evaluation of written request for information	Within fifteen (15) working days from receipt of written request
Release, access, examination, or reproduction of information and public records	Within fifteen (15) working days from receipt of written request If the information requested requires extensive search, examination of voluminous records, occurrence of fortuitous cases, or other analogous cases, the period of 15 working days may be extended to 20 working days, unless exceptional circumstances warrant a longer period
In case of denial, submission of appeal letter to the DENR Secretary	Within fifteen (15) working days from receipt of Letter of Denial

 

28. The date of receipt of the request will be either:

a. The day on which the request is physically or electronically delivered to the Authority; or

b. If the Authority has asked the requesting party for further details to identify and locate the requested information, the date on which the necessary clarification is actually received.

PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES

The detailed procedures in processing of request for access to information are as follows:

 

	Client		LLDA
Step	Activity	Step	Activity	Office	Duration
1.	Submits letter-request for information with supporting documents (LLDA-PIU-Form 07) and photocopy of valid and current government issued identification card).	1.	Receives letter-request with supporting documents from the requesting party/client, and stamps the date and time of receipt thereof, including the name and position of the receiving staff.	RU	15
		2.	Evaluates whether the requested information is readily available at the library.	RU/Library	15
			a. If the requested information is readily available at the Library, release the requested information and proceed to LLDA step no. 10.
			b. If the requested information is not readily available at the Library, proceed to LLDA step no. 3.
		3.	Transmits the said request to the Office of the General Manager.	RU	15
		4.	Forwards request to Public Information Unit for preliminary evaluation.	OGM	30
		5.	Evaluates request based on the guidelines prescribed herein.	PIU	30
			a. If the request is granted, inform the requesting party based on the guidelines prescribed herein.
			b. If the request is denied, prepare the letter of denial following the guidelines prescribed herein.
2.	Pays the necessary fees.	6.	Prepares information and/or official records for access, collation, collection or release.	Concerned	5 days
		7.	Prepares and signs Agreement for Access to and Use of Information.	OGM/PIU	30
3.	Receives, signs, and submits Agreement for Access to and Use of Information.	8.	Receives signed Agreement for Access to and Use of Information.	PIU	15
3. n	Accesses, collates, summarizes, or collects the needed information.	9.	Releases information and/or official records to client.	PIU	30
		10.	Records approved/denied Request for Information in the database.	RU/PIU	30

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FEES

 

Official [public] records or documents or certified true copy thereof (LLDA BR No. 251, s. 2005)

P200.00/document

 

APPEALS MECHANISM

The remedies in cases of denial of request for disclosure and/or access to information are as follows:

a. Submission of written appeal to the LLDA Chairman within fifteen (15) working days from the receipt of Letter of Denial or from the lapse of the relevant period to respond to the request.

 The said written appeal shall be decided within fifteen (15) working days from the filing of said written appeal. Failure to decide within the aforesaid period shall be deemed as denial of the appeal.

b. The denial of the appeal by the LLDA Chairman may be appealed further to the Office of the President. 5

c. Upon exhaustion of administrative remedies, the requesting party may file the appropriate case in the proper court in accordance with the Rules of Court and applicable statutes.

Process Map

FORMS AND SAMPLE LETTERS

Figure 1. Request for Disclosure of and/or Access to Information Form

Figure 2. Agreement for Access to and/or Use of Information

Figure 3. Sample Acknowledgement Letter (Example 1)

July 9, 2016

JUAN S. DELA CRUZStudent, College of Arts and Science

Dear Mr. Dela Cruz:

This refers to your letter dated 05 July 2016, received on 04 July, requesting for information on the monthly water quality data, specially BOD and total coliform, of the Pililla River from 2010-2016.

Please be informed that the requested information is available for release on 20 July 2016 at the Public Information Unit, 4th Floor, LLDA Office, National Ecology Center East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, subject to the following conditions:

1. Submission of the duly signed Agreement for Access to and Use of Information (see attached Agreement);

2. Payment of six hundred pesos (P600.00) to the LLDA Cashier, 3rd Floor, LLDA Office, National Ecology Center East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City; and

3. Confirmation of your availability on the aforesaid release date by calling 376-54-30 local 133.

Thank you for your interest on studying the water quality condition of Pililla River and its impact on the surrounding communities.

Very truly yours,

J.R. NEREUS O. ACOSTA, PhDGeneral Manager

Figure 4. Sample Acknowledgement Letter (Example 2)

July 9, 2016

JUAN S. DELA CRUZStudent, College of Arts and Science

Dear Mr. Dela Cruz:

This refers to your letter dated 05 July 2016, received on 04 July, requesting for several information that are listed in your letter.

We regret to inform you that we do not maintain such information. You may coordinate directly with the local government unit of Sampalok, San Pablo City regarding the requested information.

For clarifications, please feel free to call us at 376-54-30 local 107 and look for Annie Ramos.

Very truly yours,

J.R. NEREUS O. ACOSTA, PhDGeneral Manager

Figure 5. Sample Letter of Denial

July 9, 2016

JUAN S. DELA CRUZStudent, College of Arts and Science

Dear Mr. Dela Cruz:

This refers to your letter dated 05 July 2016, received on 04 July, requesting for several information that are listed in your letter.

We regret to inform you that the requested information are confidential and falls within the exceptions stated in Section 3, (c) Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees).

For clarifications, please feel free to call us at 376-54-30 local 107 and look for Annie Ramos.

Very truly yours,

J.R. NEREUS O. ACOSTA, PhDGeneral Manager

DIRECTORY

The directory of key officials is as follows:

 

Office

Contact Details

Trunkline: 376-40-72/376-40-44/332-23-53/332-23-41

Office of the General Manager	Jaime "Joey" C. Medina General Manager [email protected] Direct line: 332-23-46
Office of the Assistant General Manager/Office of the Department Head, Environmental Regulations Department	Engr. Emierio C. Hernandez OIC, Office of the Asst. General Manager and Department Manager III, Environmental Regulations Department Direct line: 376-40-67
Public Information Unit	Maureen S. Tolentino Public Information Officer II [email protected] Telephone Extension: local 133
Office of the Department Head, Resource Management and Development Department	Adelina C. Santos-Borja Department Manager III, Resource Management and Development Department Telephone Extension: local 109
Office of the Department Head, Management Services Department	Roque B. Delas Alas Department Manager III, Management Services Department Direct line: 376-40-61

 

Footnotes

1.Office of the President-Executive Order No. 02, s. 2016, "Operationalizing in the Executive Branch the People's Constitutional Right to Information and the State Policies to Full Public Disclosure and Transparency in the Public Service and Providing Guidelines Therefor."

2.RA No. 10149, "An Act to Promote Financial Viability and Fiscal Discipline in Government-owned and/or Controlled Corporations and to Strengthen the Role of the State in its Governance and Management to Make them More Responsive to the Needs of Public Interest and for other Purposes."

3.GCG Memorandum Circular No. 2012-07, "Code of Corporate Governance for GOCCs."

4.Approved by the LLDA Board of Directors through Board Resolution No. 512, s. 2016.

5.Office of the President-Administrative Order 22, s. 2011, "Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing Appeals to the Office of the President of the Philippines."

n Note from the Publisher: Copied verbatim from the official copy. Duplication of Item a.

n Note from the Publisher: Copied verbatim from the official copy. Duplication of Item No. 3.