He graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law and was a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity.
Taruc agreed and the Philippine government granted an amnesty to the Hukbalahap and the Pambansang Kaisahan ng mga Magbubukid (PKM).
One of the provisions was to forbid the United States to maintain military bases on Philippine soil, which the government did not accept.
[4] The station was DZAQ-TV of Alto Broadcasting System, a predecessor network company of ABS-CBN.
The first telecast of DZAQ-TV was aired on October 23, 1953 and was that of a party of Antonio in which his brother, Elpídio, became the first Filipino president to appear on television,[5] though the broadcast did not end in an appeal by Antonio for the audience to vote to reelect his brother.