Jiggy Manicad was formerly an anchor of the weekend edition of GMA Network's flagship news program 24 Oras and on GMA News TV's Quick Response Team before resigning from the network in April 2018 and running as senator on the 2019 Midterm Elections under PDP–Laban.
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Jiggy Manicad finished elementary and secondary in San Pablo Colleges.
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Jiggy Manicad took Communication Arts in the University of the Philippines Los Banos.
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Jiggy Manicad worked as assistant editor of the International Rice Research Institute .
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Jiggy Manicad later transferred to GMA Network for he wanted to become a newscaster.
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Jiggy Manicad got the shot and is currently working as a reporter of Reporter's Notebook.
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Jiggy Manicad's stories include insurgency and extremism in Mindanao, disasters and the illegal arms trade.
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Jiggy Manicad then took a postgraduate course in International Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff University in Wales.
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Jiggy Manicad was chosen from 800 applicant-journalists from all over the country.
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Jiggy Manicad is an awardee of Ten Outstanding Young Men for 2012 for journalism.
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