Background
Yaranon originally hailed from Aringay, La Union. A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law, he was admitted as a lawyer to the Philippine bar in 1954. He became the Baguio City Secretary in 1955 to 1959. Yaranon was elected as Baguio City Councilor from 1960 to 1963. In 1964, he was elected as the Baguio City Vice Mayor. He was the Baguio City Judge from 1980 to 1987. From 1987 to 1997 he was the executive judge in the regional trial court in San Fernando, La Union. After his retirement from the judiciary, he was elected as a city councilor for Baguio City.
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