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REYNALDO E. ANDRES. He was born in Aparri, Cagayan to Serapio C. Andres and Lazara Evilla. He now works in the Mariano Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac City, Ilocos Norte as Information Officer III and staff of the Ilocos Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (ILARRDEC). From 1988 to 1991, he was designated Agricultural Communication Specialist (ACS) of the then Ilocos Agriculture and Resources Research Consortium (ILARRC) for a special project, Strengthening Applied Communication as a Tool for Technology Transfer in Region 1. The project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), ILARRC and PCARRD. As ACS, he wrote radio scripts for the project’s program, “Rangtay Ti Rang-ay,” aired over radio stations DZEQ in Baguio City, and DZMQ in Pangasinan. During those years, he was editor-in-chief of the MMSU in-house newsletter, The Ilocos Forum; and the weekly flyleaf newsletter, Campusweek. He was the senior editor of a book, IRIC: Antolohia Dagiti Daniw ken Sarita (IRIC: Anthology of Poetries and Short Stories) published by MMSU in 1988. In 1990, the Ilocano Language Department of the University of Hawaii hired him as part time editor and translator of its English-Iloko Dictionary project in the Philippines. He is presently the editor-in-chief of the ILARRDEC Reporter and editor/translator of technology packages developed and published by the Consortium, and questionaires used by researchers and students in their theses. He is a regular contributor/writer of Bannawag, an Iloko magazine published by the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp., correspondent of People’s Journal, People’s Tonight, and Manila Times; and contributor of Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Malaya, Agriculture Magazine, Greenfields Magazine, The Filipino Entrepreneur, and some 20 regional newspapers across the country. Some of his literary works were included in the anthology books published by various GUMIL provincial chapters in the country. From 1990 to 1996, he was a columnist of three regional newspapers in the Ilocos region: The Ilocos Times (Laoag City), Ilocos Herald, and Norluzonian Courier (both in La Union). From 1992 to 1998, he was a stringer of Philippines News Agency, DephNews Philippines, and PAJ News Service for northern Luzon. He served as President of GUMIL - Ilocos Norte (1987 - 1993), Director of GUMIL Filipinas (1990-1993), and Business manager of the same organization from 1999-2001. He was a lifetime member of the Communicators for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas (GUMIL-Filipinas), Philippine Foundation of Rural Broadcasters (PFRB), Council on Educational Media and Technology of the Philippines (CEMTOP), Ilocos Norte-Laoag City Media Corp, and the Ilocos Norte Governor Press Corp. In 2001, he won second place in the Professional Media Award given by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Resources Research and Development (PCARRD). His name is included in the directory of Ilocano writers in the Philippines and abroad. He is married to Nonalynne B. Mata of Laoag City and they are blessed with a daughter, Jemima Kezia.