About Martin Andanar
Jose Ruperto Martin Marfori Andanar (born August 21, 1974) is a Filipino television news personality, news anchor, radio commentator, podcaster, voice-over artist, columnist, and a barista. He served as the former secretary of the Presidential Communications Office of the Philippines under the Duterte administration. Andanar was the former head of News5 Everywhere, the online news video and audio portal of TV5 Network, anchored several newscasts of TV5, Radyo5 92.3 News FM and AksyonTV, sister stations of TV5 Network. He was also a voice-over talent of News5. In June 2016, it was announced that Andanar would be joining the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte as the secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office, replacing Sonny Coloma. He was tasked with supervising both the operations of the government's news and information agencies. In March 2022, Andanar was named acting presidential spokesperson after former Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles was appointed as chairperson of the Civil Service Commission. The podcast was created out of Andanar's hobby for radio and podcast. Andanar and his staff also visited the site of the massacre itself, and is the first ever Presidential Communications Secretary to visit the massacre memorial. Under Andanar, the PCOO created the Office of Global Media Affairs in November 2018 in order to help bridge Philippine government media with the international community. Through his leadership, TV5 became the first news channel to establish digital presence for news delivery through the news digital video and audio portal “News5 Everywhere”.
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