Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Cerge M. Remonde

CEBU, Philippines — Cerge M. Remonde was born on December 21, 1958, to Teofilo A. Remonde and Florentina S. Mamites in Barangay Lamacan, Argao, Cebu.

He was a graduate of the University of the Visayas where he also became professor of political science. He later served as chair of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) for six consecutive terms, the only chair to have ever done so.

In 2001, Remonde was appointed by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as her press undersecretary in charge of broadcast and the executive director of the Radio Television Malacañang Presidential Broadcast Staff.

He also became the president of IBC Channel 13 and of RPN Channel 9. He became Secretary of the Government Mass Media Group (GMMG) in 2004. In October 2006, he became the lead convener of the National Anti-Poverty Commission while still serving as Secretary of the GMMG. Later, he became Director-General of the Presidential Management Staff before he was appointed as Press Secretary, a position he held until his death.