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48 July to December
2017

Till We Meet Again …

THORMUZIE INDANAN

In December 2017, Thor Indanan wrapped up his six year stint as the Consulate’s Finance Officer – a position
considered as the most challenging one because of New York PCG’s unique role as the DFA’s sole custodian
and remitter of Philippine government funds to all Foreign Service Posts. He also served as Collecting Officer
of the Philippine Center Management Board (PCMB) from September 2011 to February 2015 and acting
Finance Officer of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations from March to July 2013.

His tour of duty in New York was indeed productive as he was instrumental in the completion of the repairs of the Philippine
Center Building in New York as well as the procurement and implementation of the renovation of the Official Residence of the
Consul General and the Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN. He likewise acted in different capacities at the
Consulate, from being a collecting officer, passport processor and encoder, protocol officer to even becoming a driver in select
consular outreaches when the need arose. In recognition of his exemplary accomplishments and contributions to the
Department, the DFA awarded him the Most Outstanding Employee Award in 2017.

Despite the recognition and the huge responsibilities he was saddled with, Thor remained humble and likeable to his
colleagues, who viewed him as a multi-tasker, proactive, and conscientious person and one who always tried to foster unity in
the work place.

Prior to his assignment in New York in 2011, Thor was the Assistant Budget Officer at the DFA’s Office of Fiscal Management.
His previous foreign assignments were at the Philippine Embassies in Bangkok, Thailand (2002-2006) and in Beijing, China
(2006-2008), both as Finance Officer.

Thor is currently assigned in the Home Office at the Office of Fiscal Management and Services (OFMS).

PCGNY Welcomes … GAUDIOSA GARCIA

TANYA FAYE RAMIRO Josie, our new Assistant Finance
Officer, arrived in New York on 19 September
Vice Consul Tanya who arrived in 2017. She will be replacing Mr. Elizalde
New York on 18 September 2017, assumes “Bong” delos Santos who has been appointed
her post as head of the Consulate’s Consular as the Consulate’s Finance Officer after the
Section and Administrative Officer. She will departure of Mr. Thor Indanan. She will also
likewise serve as the Assistant Manager of the serve as Collecting Officer of the Philippine Center
Philippine Center Management Board. Management Board. Josie was cross-posted to New York
from the Philippine Embassy in Singapore, where she
Vice Consul Tanya is a lawyer by profession having served as Assistance-to-Nationals Officer from 2014 to
obtained her Juris Doctor degree in 2009 and her bachelor’s 2017. Her previous experience as an Internal Auditor at the
degree in Psychology in 2004, both from Ateneo de Manila DFA’s Office of Fiscal Management and Services (OFMS)
University. Prior to her assignment in New York, she was a and as Finance Officer at the Philippine Embassy in Egypt
Principal Assistant at the Office of the Undersecretary for (1995-2002) and the Philippine Consulate in Vancouver,
Migrant Workers Affairs (OUMWA) – an experience that will Canada (2005-2011), will undoubtedly come handy as she
prove herself an asset to the Consulate as it endeavors to assists the Finance Officer in carrying out the Consulate’s
provide efficient services and assistance to Filipino nationals in mandate of disbursing working funds to the entire Philippine
the US Northeast. Foreign Service Posts, managing the finances of the
Philippine Center building, and overseeing the financial
Although she considers New York as her first foreign aspect of the renovation of the Official Residence of the
assignment since joining the DFA in 2015, Vice Consul Tanya Consul General and the Permanent Representative to the
is not a stranger to the Big Apple as she has been in the City UN. A warm welcome to you Josie and your two children,
many times visiting her family. We welcome Ms. Tanya’s John Wilbert and Lindsey Joy!
arrival and hope that her first foreign assignment would be an
enjoyable and fulfilling one.

Ka’akbay is a publication of the Consulate General of the Philippines in New York

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