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NYPCG Holds First Consulate Saturday of the Year

The Philippine Consulate General New York opened its office doors on
February 4 during the first Consulate Saturday of 2017.

A skeletal consular team provided passport, civil registry, dual citizenship
and notarial/authentication services to about 30 applicants who came from as far
as Connecticut, and did not have to miss work to avail of consular services.

Consulate Saturdays are part of the Consular Outreach program of the

Vice Consul Khrystina Corpuz swears in four new Dual Consulate and are scheduled every quarter - February 4, May 6, August 5, and
Citizens during the Consulate Saturday on February 4
2017 at the Philippine Consulate General New York. November 4. For more information, applicants may go to http://newyorkpcg.org/the-
(Photo by Mayet Omar) consulate/our-services/consular-outreach.

FEDERICO A. SILAO, JR.

Eric, who arrived in New York in February 2017, is our new Administrative Officer, replacing Rey
Cardenas who retired in June 2017. Before his assignment in New York, Eric was assigned in the Home
Office as Administrative Officer at the Office of the Secretary and at the Human Resources Management
Office. His previous foreign assignments were at the Philippine Embassies in Bucharest, Wellington and
London as well as at the Philippine Consulate in Toronto, serving in various capacities such as Protocol
Officer, Administrative Officer, Political and Economic Officer and Consular Assistant. His well rounded
experience and expertise in handling consular, protocol and logistical arrangements, liaising with the host
government, and providing administrative support on human resource matters will greatly contribute to the
Consulate as it expects to receive almost 100 visiting government officials attending numerous meetings in
the New York and other states under New York PCG’s jurisdiction yearly. Despite the workload, we hope that Eric and his
wife, Gina, will have the time to explore and enjoy New York.

LISETTE PALISOC MONINA TRAN

Lisette is our newest addition in the Consulate, Monina joined us in March 2017 following
arriving in New York in June 2017. She will be the retirement of our most senior local
the Consulate’s Visa Officer and Passport hire Francis Abaya in late 2016. She is
Processor. She was previously assigned in the assigned as one of our data encoders at
Home Office at the Office of the Secretary and the Passport Section. Although she is
at the Office of Consular Affairs. New York is considered as the Consulate’s youngest
her first foreign assignment, hence we wish member, Monina is not new to the life of a
Lissette and her husband, Harry, a fruitful and enjoyable Foreign Service employee as she has been exposed to it
stay in the Big Apple. through her mother, Lulu Enriquez, who used to work for
the Department of Foreign Affairs and this Consulate.
Moning, as she is fondly called, hopes to live up to if not
surpass her mom’s diligence and good work ethic.