Ricardo L. Saludo is the former chairperson of the Philippine Civil Service Commission. Under his term as chairperson, the SSL-3 or the third Salary Standardization Law (SSL) was passed, resulting to a hike in monthly compensation of all government officials and employees. He served the Philippine government, particularly the executive branch, in various capacities: head of the Presidential Management Staff, Cabinet Secretary, and Deputy Presidential Spokesperson to President

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal Arroyo (, born April 5, 1947), often referred to by her initials GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician serving as one of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House Deputy Spe ...

Education

Saludo earned his Master of Science (MS) degree, major in public policy and management, from the

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. He completed his undergraduate studies in 1977 at the

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with a bachelor's degree in literature, ''cum laude''.

Outside government

Saludo worked as a senior business editor of AsiaWeek from 1989 to 1995. He later became a commentator of Asia Affairs for

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and

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news networks in 1995 until 2001. He also worked as the assistant managing director of ''AsiaWeek'' magazine from 1996 to 2001. In 2002, he left the private sector to join the Arroyo administration. Presently, he is the managing director, and co-founder along with fellow former presidential spokesperson Sec. Gary Olivar, of the Center for Strategy, Enterprise, and Intelligence, a management and media consultancy firm.Center for Strategy, Enterprise and Intelligence
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(NCPAG) of the

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. He teaches the course ''The Administrator in the Philippine Public Service''.

References

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