His maternal grandfather is Vicente Albano from Messina, Italy,[9] who moved to the Philippines during the Spanish colonization period.

[citation needed] Richard graduated in 1980 with a civil engineering degree from the University of Santo Tomas before he entered the Philippine Military Academy under the Maharlika Class of 1984.

Awards below are from 2013 - 2016: Richard is married to Lucita San Juan-Albano, a medical doctor from Cabanatuan with whom they have five children: Raizel Pauline (b.

[21] In July 2024, Raizel Pauline won the UNESCO's 2024 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases in New Delhi, India.

Her "Anthro on Foot" features 44 audio walking tours of the country's 44 cities and municipalities covering 17 regions.