Ramon "Ricky" Arellano Carandang was born on September 2,1967 and is a Filipino journalist and former government official.
11 Facts About Ricky Carandang
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Notable for his tenure as a news correspondent and anchor for ABS-CBN 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 under President Benigno Aquino III.
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Ricky Carandang is currently Vice President and Head of Integrated Corporate Communications at First Philippine Holdings Corporation, First Gen Corporation, and Energy Development Corporation.
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Ricky Carandang was born on September 2,1967, in Manila, Philippines.
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Ricky Carandang is the son of Dr Brigido Carandang Jr.
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Ricky Carandang spent part of his early childhood in Sacramento, California, attending Isadore Cohen Elementary School.
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Ricky Carandang later returned to the Philippines and completed his high school and college education at the Ateneo de Manila University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Management Economics in 1989.
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Ricky Carandang began his media career as a radio anchor for DZAR Angel Radyo in 1993.
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In 2010, Carandang became the first head of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, established at the beginning of President Benigno S Aquino III's administration to oversee presidential messaging and strategic planning.
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Ricky Carandang resigned on December 12,2013, with his departure effective at the end of the year.
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Ricky Carandang served as President and Business Editor of Newsbreak Magazine from 2000 to 2004.