Ramon "Ricky" Arellano Carandang (born September 2, 1967) is a Filipino journalist. He was a news correspondent and anchor for

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and ANC until July 9, 2010, when he resigned to serve as Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Secretary under the Presidential Communications Group during the

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Benigno Aquino III Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...

. He is currently the Vice President and Head of the Integrated Corporate Communications of

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, First Gen Corporation and Energy Development Corporation.

Early life and career

Ricky Carandang was born on September 2, 1967, in Manila, Philippines. He is the son of former St. Luke's College of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Brigido Carandang, Jr. and clinical psychologist and MLAC Institute for Children and Families Founder and President Dra. Maria Lourdes A. Carandang. He spent his early years in

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entering elementary in Isadore Cohen Elementary School. He returned to the Philippines and finished high school and college at the

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with a Bachelor of Arts in Management Economics in 1989. He spent the whole of the 1990s in the business sector, as a stockbroker for Pryce Securities, HG Asia Securities, and Kim Eng Securities.

Media

Before venturing into public service, Carandang he is the first radio anchor of DZAR Angel Radyo in 1993. While in 2000, Carandang was a top news anchor for the

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(ANC). He co-hosted the evening news show The Rundown, hosted the national affairs talk show The Big Picture, and was a field reporter for ABS-CBN's Filipino-language free-television news programs

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and Bandila.

Public Service

Secretary Carandang is the first head of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO), created in 2010 at the beginning of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s term. PCDSPO serves as the President’s chief message-crafting body. He resigned on December 12, 2013 effective by the end of the year.Carandang resigns; Customs chief named

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. December 12, 2013.

Awards/ Distinctions

He was proclaimed “Broadcaster of the Year” by the Rotary Club of Manila in 2010, the culmination of a career in broadcast journalism that spans the years 1976 to 2010. He was also President and Business Editor of Newsbreak Magazine from 2000 to 2004.

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* Filipino television news anchors Living people Members of the Presidential Communications Group of the Philippines 1967 births People from Makati Ateneo de Manila University alumni Benigno Aquino III administration cabinet members ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs people {{Philippines-politician-stub