Ramon "Ricky" Arellano Carandang (born September 2, 1967) is a
Filipino journalist and former government official. Notable for his tenure as a news correspondent and anchor for
ABS-CBN
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and the
ANC, Carandang resigned from broadcasting on July 9, 2010, to join the government as Secretary of the
Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) under President
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Aquino III (; born 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 ...
. He is currently Vice President and Head of Integrated Corporate Communications at
First Philippine Holdings Corporation,
First Gen Corporation, and
Energy Development Corporation.
Early life and career
Ricky Carandang was born on September 2, 1967, in
Manila
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, Philippines. He is the son of Dr. Brigido Carandang Jr., former President and Dean of
St. Luke's College of Medicine, and Dr. Maria Lourdes A. Carandang, a clinical psychologist and Founder of the
MLAC Institute for Children and Families.
He spent part of his early childhood in
Sacramento, California
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, attending Isadore Cohen Elementary School. He later returned to the Philippines and completed his high school and college education at the
Ateneo de Manila University, earning a
Bachelor of Arts
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in Management Economics in 1989.
Throughout the 1990s, Carandang worked in the business sector as a stockbroker with
Pryce Securities,
HG Asia Securities, and
Kim Eng Securities.
Media career
Carandang began his media career as a radio anchor for
DZAR Angel Radyo in 1993. By 2000, he had become a prominent news anchor for the
ANC, co-hosting the evening news program ''The Rundown'', hosting the national affairs talk show ''The Big Picture'', and serving as a field reporter for
ABS-CBN
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's flagship news programs ''
TV Patrol
''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN, Kapamilya Channel, A2Z and All TV. Originally anchored by Noli de Castro, Mel Tiangco and Robert Arevalo, it premiered on March 2, 1987, on the netw ...
'' and ''
Bandila
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''.
Public service
In 2010, Carandang became the first head of the
Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO), established at the beginning of President
Benigno S. Aquino III’s administration to oversee presidential messaging and strategic planning. He resigned on December 12, 2013, with his departure effective at the end of the year.
Awards and distinctions
Carandang was named “Broadcaster of the Year” by the
Rotary Club of Manila in 2010. He also served as President and Business Editor of ''
Newsbreak Magazine'' from 2000 to 2004.
References
External links
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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
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