Statement of Ms. Monica Piquero Tan
Monica Piquero Tan, 46 years old, Research and Planning Officer at the
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Office of the Municipality of
San Francisco, Camotes Island, Cebu.
(The Statement of Ms. Monica Piquero Tanwas taken through phone call on
21 November 2018 by Atty. Hasminah D. Paudac, together with Ms. Desiree Llanos
Dee and Mr. Mohamad Rayyan Domado, inside the office of Greenpeace Southeast
Asia – Philippines, located at JGS Building, 30 Scout Tuazon Street, Brgy. Laging
Handa, Quezon City.)
Q1: Can you please give us a brief information about yourself?
A1: I am Monica Piquero Tan, a solo parent of two (2) kids. My eldest is
fourteen (14) years old and the other one is eleven (11) years old. I have
been separated from my husband for the last five (5) years, or since
2013. I am presently connected with the Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management (DRRM) Office of the Municipality of San Francisco,
Camotes Island, Cebu. I have been there for almost eight (8) years
already.
Q2: As a Research and Planning Officer of the City’s Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management, what are your duties or
responsibilities?
A2: I generally do coordination work with the Barangay Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management (DRRM) Committee. It is more on
planning. Considering that our office is relatively new, we are guided
by the principles of Republic Act No. 101211 or the DRRM Law.
Almost everyone of us working in this office has no proper orientation
about risk reduction and management, but we did not look at it as a
hindrance because we researched about it and studied our scope of
work.
Personally, I have experiences on risk reduction and
management when we had project with Plan International as LGUpartner where we have worked and coordinated with the DRRM offices
and other civil society organizations.
Aside from it, I am also a support staff for MENRO 2 and MPDC3 in the
formulation of the Forest Land Use Plan, Solid Waste Management
Plan, and Comprehensive Land Use Plan and to the Mayor’s office in
accessing the People Survival Fund (PSF). I consider myself a multitasking employee.
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