Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon (; born March 24, 1966) is a Filipino people, Filipino broadcast journalist. He is currently a senior anchor and director for news content development at CNN Philippines. During his time with BBC World News, he anchored ''Newsday (programme), Newsday'' and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 400 million households worldwide. He is the first-ever Filipino news anchor to work for two of the world's most prestigious television news networks - CNBC Asia and BBC World News. Education After gaining a degree in Communication Arts and Business at De La Salle University, Hizon taught Radio, Television and Broadcasting courses at the university. Doctorate Degree in Humanities, Honoris Causa from the University of Northeastern Philippines. Career GMA Network Hizon started his broadcast career at Manila-based GMA Network, from 1988 to 1995, where he was responsible for covering capital markets, banking and finance, real estate, investment and corporate d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manila
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated city proper. Manila is considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC). It was the first chartered city in the country, designated as such by the Philippine Commission Act 183 of July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Spanish Americas through the galleon trade; when this was accomplished, it marked the first time in world history that an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circling ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism. Roles Journalists can be broadcast, print, advertising, and public relations personnel, and, depending on the form of journalism, the term ''journalist'' may also include various categories of individuals as per the roles they play in the process. This includes reporters, correspondents, citizen journalists, editors, editorial-writers, columnists, and visual journalists, such as photojournalists (journalists who use the medium of photography). A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes and reports on information in order to present using sources. This may entail conducting interviews, information-gathering and/or writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom, or from home, and going ou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edwin Lacierda
Edwin Lacierda () is a Filipino lawyer and technology entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the online payments company, PayMongo. He was a member of the Philippine Cabinet and Presidential Spokesperson of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Prior to this, he was the spokesperson for the presidential campaign of then Senator Aquino from November 2009 up to the elections in May 2010. Prior to joining the campaign, he was a law practitioner and a co-convener for the Black and White Movement, an organization of civil society groups calling for transparency and accountability in government. He served as the legal counsel of whistleblower of Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada during the Senate investigation on the NBN-ZTE controversy. Lacierda was also part of the Optical Media Board from 2004 to 2007, representing the academe. Apart from his involvement in civic and public service, Lacierda taught Constitutional Law at the Far Eastern University Institute of Law from 1992 to 2008 and at the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pinky Webb
Joanna Marie "Pinky" Pagaspas Webb (born June 11, 1970) is a Filipina broadcast journalist currently working for CNN Philippines. She is the daughter of Freddie Webb and a sister of Jason and Hubert Webb. Education She attended high school at Colegio San Agustin where she was classmates with Kris Aquino. She studied at De La Salle University where she initially took AB Psychology then decided to shift to AB Management. She also took up a few courses at UCLA and Cal State Long Beach on journalism for a semester. Career During her career at ABS-CBN, Webb was a first news anchor of ANC Primetime News (1999–2004) and Dateline Philippines (2004–2014) and also host of ''Umagang Kay Ganda'', '' XXX: Exklusibong, Explosibong, Exposé'' (from 2008 until the show ended) and ''TV Patrol Weekend''. She was a radio co-anchor of Radyo Patrol Balita Alas Kwatro and the radio commentary program ''Tambalang Failon at Webb'' on weekdays with Ted Failon on DZMM. On May 9, 2015, ''The Philip ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pia Hontiveros
Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), better known as Pia Hontiveros, is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also the cousin of the 80's pop singer, Leah Navarro and 2000's singer Barbie Almalbis. Career Hontiveros is the Chief Correspondent for CNN Philippines, the anchor of the network's flagship newscast News Night, and the host of weekly political talk show Politics As Usual. She was the host of the political talk show News.PH from 2012–2017, and anchor of the global newscast Global Newsroom from 2016–2017. She was a correspondent for the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) from 1996 to 2011 and as a reporter from 1989 to 1996. She served as Political Correspondent and as an anchor and host of the television shows Top Story, Shop Talk, and Strictly Politics on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC). Hontiveros graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdiscipli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Armie Jarin-Bennett
Armie Jarin-Bennett is a Filipina journalist based in Manila, Philippines. She is the current President of Nine Media Corporation, owner of CNN Philippines, the country's very own local franchise of Cable News Network, since October 9, 2016. She is also the Executive Vice President for News and Current Affairs and Managing Director of the network since November 4, 2015, replacing Jing Magsaysay who resigned in September 2015. Before going back home to work for CNN Philippines, she worked for CNN for 17 years. Background She did a BA in Mass Communications at De La Salle University between 1984-1988, and started her media career as a news writer and top-of-the-hour radio newscaster of stations 99.5 RT (now DWRT-FM, 99.5 Play FM), Kiss FM 101.1 (now DWYS, 101.1 Yes The Best) and Citylite 88.3 (now DWJM, Jam 88.3) (the first radio affiliate of CNN in the country), under Francis Lumen, from 1989 to 1996, at the same time, she did voice-over for radio commercials. She unsuccessfully a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Babita Sharma
Babita Sharma (born April 1977) is a British television newsreader on BBC News (TV channel) and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday to Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore. Early life and education Sharma is of Indian descent born in 1977 in Reading, Berkshire. She has two older sisters. She lived above a number of corner shops around Reading and Caversham owned by her mother Prem and her father Ved. She attended the University of Wales and graduated with a degree in journalism, Film and Broadcasting. Career After completing her education, Sharma began working with BBC Radio Wales and Thames Valley Television. She moved to Dubai, working on radio for Channel 4 FM and for Ajman TV where she presented a weekly music programme. She returned to the UK in 2003 and began her BBC career at BBC Radio Berkshire as a travel presenter and producer. She then moved to the newsroom in Southampton, reporting and producing for BBC South Today. In 2007 s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asia Today
''Asia Today'' is an Asian news programme produced by the BBC and was shown on BBC World News during the Asian morning hours, between 2003 and 2011. This programme used to be available exclusively in Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East but as of 1 February 2010 revamp was aired worldwide. It used to be broadcast from the BBC's London studios before being moved to the BBC's Singapore bureau which is in the CBD of Singapore. The main presenters were Sharanjit Leyl and Rico Hizon (Mon-Fri). The daily current affairs programme was aimed at viewers across Asia with in-depth reports from BBC correspondents and interviews with leading players. The programme was aired live twice and also repeated twice for a total of four airings each weekday. It has since been folded into ''Newsday ''Newsday'' is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Power Lunch
''Power Lunch'' is a television business news program on CNBC, airing between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern Time. It is presented by Tyler Mathisen, Melissa Lee, and Kelly Evans. History Bill Griffeth anchored the program alone from 1996 to 2002. Caruso-Cabrera joined as Griffeth's original co-presenter from February 4, 2002 to December 5, 2003, before being replaced by Sue Herera, who debuted three days later. Caruso-Cabrera and Dennis Kneale appeared regularly in their respective analyst capacities until both became full co-presenters in 2009. Mathisen joined the program on December 14, 2009, after Griffeth's leave of absence began. ''Power Lunch'' originally aired for two hours (noon to 2 ET) until June 7, 2010, when it moved to 1 ET, with its run-time cut to 1 hour, making room for '' The Strategy Session'' at noon ET and the '' Fast Money Halftime Report'' at 12:30 ET. The show became a 2-hour program once again on February 9, 2015, with run-time then from 1-3 p.m. ET, repla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Market Watch
This is a list of programs broadcast by CNBC. CNBC is an American basic cable, internet and business news television channel owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast. It was originally established on April 17, 1989 by a joint venture of NBC and Cablevision as the Consumer News and Business Channel. Current programming Weekday programs *''Closing Bell'' *'' Fast Money'' *''Mad Money'' *''Power Lunch'' *''Squawk Box'' *''Squawk on the Street'' *''TechCheck'' *''The Exchange'' *'' The News with Shepard Smith'' *''Worldwide Exchange'' Primetime programs *''American Greed'' *'' Back in the Game'' *'' Billion Dollar Buyer'' *'' Blue Collar Millionaires'' *''Cash Pad'' *'' Cleveland Hustles'' *''Deal or No Deal'' (since 2018) *'' The Deed'' *''Five Day Biz Fix'' *''Jay Leno's Garage'' *''Listing Impossible'' *'' Make Me a Millionaire Inventor'' *'' The News with Shepard Smith'' *'' The Partner'' *'' The Profit'' *'' Restaurant Startup'' * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Squawk Box
''Squawk Box'' is an American business news television program that airs from 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern time on CNBC. The program is co-hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Since debuting in 1995, the show has spawned a number of versions across CNBC's international channels, many of which employ a similar format. The program title originates from a term used in investment banks and stock brokerages for a permanent voice circuit or intercom used to communicate stock deals or sales priorities; it also may refer to the squawk of a bird, like a peacock, which is the logo of CNBC. Format Dubbed "our pre-game show" by regular co-host Joe Kernen, ''Squawk Box'' features early-morning analysis of and breaking news from the financial markets, along with considerable banter between the hosts and their guests – original host Mark Haines stressed the need to "inject a little fun" into business news in the early morning. Another distinctive and long-running feature ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |